CVE-2009-2693

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
15.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: January 28, 2010 (5950 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an entry in a WAR file, as demonstrated by a ../../bin/catalina.bat entry.

CWE

CWE-22

Affected Products

apache tomcat

References

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