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CVE-2017-12616
When using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 it was possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source…
High7.5EPSS 70.1%
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- apache
Description
When using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 it was possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 70.1% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Information Disclosure
- CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Tomcat
- affected 7.0.0 to 7.0.80
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaGHSA-8qq4-8jvq-mfw4 (opens in a new tab)
References (14)
- 1039393 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03828en_us (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_54_Tomcat (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0465 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3665-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 100897 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0466 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171018-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [announce] 20170919 [SECURITY] CVE-2017-12616 Apache Tomcat Information Disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180627 [SECURITY] [DLA 1400-1] tomcat7 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [22/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [16/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [17/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [27/34] - /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-8qq4-8jvq-mfw4 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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