CVE-2007-0450

high

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10643

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32988

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1979/references

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0065

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3386

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3087

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0975

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22960

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485938/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462791/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0360.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0327.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:241

http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200702e.html

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2446

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-03.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/33668

http://secunia.com/advisories/30908

http://secunia.com/advisories/30899

http://secunia.com/advisories/28365

http://secunia.com/advisories/27037

http://secunia.com/advisories/26660

http://secunia.com/advisories/26235

http://secunia.com/advisories/25280

http://secunia.com/advisories/25106

http://secunia.com/advisories/24732

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-03-16

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.89937