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n/a n/a — Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows…
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L L N U L N N 4.3 .1255 96.2 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
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TIMELINE
Jul 1 Reserved by redhat
Feb 25 Published (CNA: redhat)
Oct 14 ENRICHED — CVE-2015-5174. Received CVSS 4.3 and CPE data from NVD.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory.
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