CVE-2007-3382
Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.13, 5.5.0 to 5.5.24, 5.0.0 to 5.0.30, 4.1.0 to 4.1.36, and 3.3 to 3.3.2 treats single quotes ("'") as…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 37.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.13, 5.5.0 to 5.5.24, 5.0.0 to 5.0.30, 4.1.0 to 4.1.36, and 3.3 to 3.3.2 treats single quotes ("'") as delimiters in cookies, which might cause sensitive information such as session IDs to be leaked and allow remote attackers to conduct session hijacking attacks.
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 6.0.13 - Insecure Cookie Handling Quote Delimiter Session ID Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30496remote, multiplepublished 14 Aug 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
- 50 days later
· 50 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 37.5% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-qff8-g48j-pwpw (opens in a new tab)
References
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- DSA-1453 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0950 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070814 Re: CVE-2007-3382: Handling of cookies containing a ' character (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1981 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-3456 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 27267 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29242 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3527 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1018556 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 26466 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20090127 CA20090123-01: Cohesion Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities (Updated - v1.1) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 33668 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2902 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20090124 CA20090123-01: Cohesion Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 26898 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28361 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- IZ55562 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- SSRT071472 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 28317 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-06-30 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0233 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0871 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3386 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30802 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0195 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 27037 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#993544 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- SSRT071447 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 27727 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070814 CVE-2007-3382: Handling of cookies containing a ' character (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0261 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 36486 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1447 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11269 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- tomcat-quotecookie-information-disclosure(36006) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:241 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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 [19/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (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
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-2022-4959 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-qff8-g48j-pwpw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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