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Arbitrary File Access Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina Open this link in a new tab package, versions [7,7.0.17)

0.0
medium

  • Attack Complexity

    Low

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  • snyk-id

    SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30892

  • published

    10 Jun 2015

  • disclosed

    15 Aug 2011

  • credit

    Unknown

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Introduced: 15 Aug 2011

CVE-2011-2481 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-284 Open this link in a new tab

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina Apache Tomcat 7.0.x before 7.0.17 permits web applications to replace an XML parser used for other web applications, which allows local users to read or modify the (1) web.xml, (2) context.xml, or (3) tld files of arbitrary web applications via a crafted application that is loaded earlier than the target application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-0783 regression.

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