CVE-2002-1148 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 18.6% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The default servlet (org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet) in Tomcat 4.0.4 and 4.1.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to read source code for server files via a direct request to the servlet.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 18.65% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-10-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | tomcat |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apache Tomcat 3/4 - 'DefaultServlet' File Disclosure | 2002-09-24 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103288242014253&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4758
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-170
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10175.php
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-217.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-218.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5786
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103288242014253&w=2
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4758
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-170
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10175.php
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-217.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-218.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5786
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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