CVE-2008-2938

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
92.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 0% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: August 13, 2008 (6483 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version.

CWE

CWE-22

Affected Products

apache tomcat

References

🔗 lists.apple.com 🔗 lists.opensuse.org 🔗 lists.opensuse.org 🔗 marc.info 🔗 secunia.com