CVE-2009-2693

tomcat: unexpected file deletion and/or alteration

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an entry in a WAR file, as demonstrated by a ../../bin/catalina.bat entry.

Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en Apache Tomcat v5.5.0 a la v5.5.28 y v6.0.0 a la v6.0.20, permite a atacantes remotos crear, sobrescribir archivos de su elección a través de .. (punto punto) en una entrada en un archivo WAR, como se demostró con la entrada ../../bin/catalina.bat.

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

CVSS Scores

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

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-08-05 CVE Reserved
2010-01-28 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (49)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/38541	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38687	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39317	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40330	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40813	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43310	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023505	Vdb Entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077	X_refsource_confirm
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=902650&view=rev	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509148/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37944	Vdb Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1559	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1986	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55855	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%3A19355	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7017	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=892815&view=rev	2023-11-07
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html	2023-11-07
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html	2023-11-07
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0213	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02241113	2023-11-07
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html	2023-11-07
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2	2023-11-07
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2	2023-11-07
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2	2023-11-07
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2	2023-11-07
http://secunia.com/advisories/38316	2023-11-07
http://secunia.com/advisories/38346	2023-11-07
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-899-1	2023-11-07
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207	2023-11-07
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176	2023-11-07
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:177	2023-11-07
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0119.html	2023-11-07
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0580.html	2023-11-07
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0582.html	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2693	2010-09-10
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559738	2010-09-10

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"				5.5.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.0"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.1 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.1"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.2 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.2"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.3 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.3"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.4 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.4"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.5 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.5"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.6 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.6"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.7 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.7"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.8 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.8"		-		Affected
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"				5.5.26 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.26"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.27 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.27"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				5.5.28 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "5.5.28"		-		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"				6.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.0"		-		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
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.16 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.16"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.17 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.17"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.18 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.18"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.19 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.19"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				6.0.20 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0.20"		-		Affected