CVE-2007-5342

Apache Tomcat's default security policy is too open

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The default catalina.policy in the JULI logging component in Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 through 5.5.25 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.15 does not restrict certain permissions for web applications, which allows attackers to modify logging configuration options and overwrite arbitrary files, as demonstrated by changing the (1) level, (2) directory, and (3) prefix attributes in the org.apache.juli.FileHandler handler.

La catalina.policy por defecto en el componente de acceso JULI de Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 hasta 5.5.25 y 6.0.0 hasta 6.0.15 no restringe determinados permisos para aplicaciones web, lo cual permite a atacantes remotos modificar opciones de configuración de acceso y sobrescribir ficheros de su elección, como se demuestra cambiando los atributos (1) level, (2) directory, y (3) prefix en el gestor org.apache.juli.FileHandler.

Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified in 3rd party software used in HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor running Oracle and Apache Tomcat Software. HP has updated the Apache Tomcat and Oracle database software to address vulnerabilities affecting confidentiality, availability, and integrity. Revision 1 of this advisory.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2007-10-10 CVE Reserved
2007-12-27 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (52)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/39833	Vdb Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28274	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28317	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28915	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29313	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29711	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32120	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32266	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3485	Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216	X_refsource_confirm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm	X_refsource_confirm
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=606594	X_refsource_misc
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485481/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681	Vdb Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0013	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39201	Vdb Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10417	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27006	2023-02-13

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html	2023-02-13
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html	2023-02-13
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2	2023-02-13
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-10.xml	2023-02-13
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1447	2023-02-13
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188	2023-02-13
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0042.html	2023-02-13
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0195.html	2023-02-13
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0831.html	2023-02-13
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0832.html	2023-02-13
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0833.html	2023-02-13
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0834.html	2023-02-13
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html	2023-02-13
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00315.html	2023-02-13
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00460.html	2023-02-13
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5342	2008-10-02
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427216	2008-10-02

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.9 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.9"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.10 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.10"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.11 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.11"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.12 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.12"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.13 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.13"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.14 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.14"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.15 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.15"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.16 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.16"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.17 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.17"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.18 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.18"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.19 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.19"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.20 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.20"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.21 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.21"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.22 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.22"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.23 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.23"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.24 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.24"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.25 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.25"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.1 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.1"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.2 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.2"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.3 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.3"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.4 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.4"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.5 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.5"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.6 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.6"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.7 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.7"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.8 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.8"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.9 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.9"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.10 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.10"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.11 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.11"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.12 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.12"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.13 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.13"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.14 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.14"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.15 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.15"		-		Affected