CVE-2001-0590 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat Servlet prior to 3.2.2 allows a remote attacker to read the source code to arbitrary 'jsp' files via a malformed URL request which does not end with an HTTP protocol specification (i.e. HTTP/1.0).
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 10.96% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2001-08-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | tomcat |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apache Tomcat 3.0 - Directory Traversal | 2001-03-28 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0031.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/5580
- http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-004
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6971
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0031.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/5580
- http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-004
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6971
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