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CVE-2017-12616

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure
Publication date:
19/09/2017
Last modified:
13/05/2026

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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