Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36 does not properly handle (1) double quote (")…

Description

Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36 does not properly handle (1) double quote (") characters or (2) %5C (encoded backslash) sequences in a cookie value, which might cause sensitive information such as session IDs to be leaked to remote attackers and enable session hijacking attacks. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3385.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

62.6% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-cww4-vj5r-rx57 (opens in a new tab)

References (55)

• ADV-2008-2690 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 33330 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 30676 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27706 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 3636 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• JVN#09470767 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1981 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• IZ20133 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11177 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 28915 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 37460 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• IZ20991 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
• 31681 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 28884 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20080208 [SECURITY] CVE-2007-5333: Tomcat Cookie handling vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012048 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 28878 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32036 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0488 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 44183 (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
• MDVSA-2010:176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform/4.2.0.cp08/html-single/Release_Notes/index.html (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
• 57126 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32222 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30802 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012047 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-1467 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• GLSA-200804-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-1603 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1856 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2780 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• HPSBST02955 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29711 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-3316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532111 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [22/30] - 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] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [20/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [22/30] - /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 [25/34] - /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)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-cww4-vj5r-rx57 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-5333](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-5333.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-5333)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 15:24 UTC.