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CVE-2007-0450
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…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 91.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache Tomcat 5.x/6.0.x - Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29739remote, linuxpublished 14 Mar 2007Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 52 days later
· 52 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 91.2% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-4prh-gqw8-rgh5 (opens in a new tab)
References
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- 30908 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [Security-announce] 20080107 VMSA-2008-0002 Low severity security update for VirtualCenter and ESX Server 3.0.2, and ESX 3.0.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2732 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 239312 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3087 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- tomcat-proxy-directory-traversal(32988) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30899 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1979 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-07-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0065 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20090127 CA20090123-01: Cohesion Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities (Updated - v1.1) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 33668 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080108 VMSA-2008-0002 Low severity security update for VirtualCenter and ESX Server 3.0.2, and ESX 3.0.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20090124 CA20090123-01: Cohesion Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 25280 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0360 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 24732 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0233 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 22960 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 28365 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.sec-consult.com/287.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3386 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20070314-0-apache_tomcat_directory_traversal.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0327 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 27037 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SSRT071447 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0975 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 25159 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 26660 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0261 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200702e.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200705-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 25106 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2446 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070314 SEC Consult SA-20070314-0 :: Apache HTTP Server / Tomcat directory traversal (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:241 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 26235 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10643 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [26/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [21/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [25/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [19/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [18/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [20/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [26/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [24/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [30/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-2420 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4prh-gqw8-rgh5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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