THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-5461
LOW SEVERITY

CVE-2007-5461

Tomcat vulnerability

CVSS
3.5
EPSS
39.7%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0, 5.0.0, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, under certain configurations, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a WebDAV write request that specifies an entity with a SYSTEM tag.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Tomcat
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2007-10-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 39.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-5461

  • Confirm whether Apache Tomcat is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-5461.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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