CVE-2007-0450 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 90.8% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat 5.x before 5.5.22 and 6.x before 6.0.10, when using certain proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_jk), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence with combinations of (1) "/" (slash), (2) "\" (backslash), and (3) URL-encoded backslash (%5C) characters in the URL, which are valid separators in Tomcat but not in Apache.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 90.77% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-03-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | http server |
| apache | tomcat |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apache Tomcat 5.x/6.0.x - Directory Traversal | 2007-03-14 |
References
- http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24732
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25106
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25280
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26660
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27037
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28365
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30899
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30908
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33668
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-03.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2446
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm
- http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540
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