CVE-2011-2481

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
0.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 53% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: August 15, 2011 (5386 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

Apache Tomcat 7.0.x before 7.0.17 permits web applications to replace an XML parser used for other web applications, which allows local users to read or modify the (1) web.xml, (2) context.xml, or (3) tld files of arbitrary web applications via a crafted application that is loaded earlier than the target application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-0783 regression.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

apache tomcat

References

🔗 marc.info 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 svn.apache.org 🔗 svn.apache.org