CVE-2007-0450

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
91.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 0% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: March 16, 2007 (6998 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat 5.x before 5.5.22 and 6.x before 6.0.10, when using certain proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_jk), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence with combinations of (1) "/" (slash), (2) "\" (backslash), and (3) URL-encoded backslash (%5C) characters in the URL, which are valid separators in Tomcat but not in Apache.

CWE

CWE-22

Affected Products

apache http serverapache tomcat

References

🔗 community.ca.com 🔗 docs.info.apple.com 🔗 h20000.www2.hp.com 🔗 lists.apple.com 🔗 lists.vmware.com