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CVE-2007-0450 Details

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat 5.x before 5.5.22 and 6.x before 6.0.10, when using certain proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_jk), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence with combinations of (1) "/" (slash), (2) "\" (backslash), and (3) URL-encoded backslash (%5C) characters in the URL, which are valid separators in Tomcat but not in Apache.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx	CVE	Broken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795	CVE	Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24732	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25106	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25280	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26660	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27037	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28365	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30899	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30908	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33668	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-03.xml	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2446	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32988	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/277d42b48b6e9aef50949c0dcc79ce21693091d73da246b3c1981925%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	CVE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	CVE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5b7a23e245c93235c503900da854a143596d901bf1a1f67e851a5de4%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	CVE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d2a579bbd977c225c70cb23b0ec54865fb0dab5da3eff1e060c9935%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	CVE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	CVE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	CVE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c616dfc49156e4b06ffab842800c80f4425924d0f20c452c127a53c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	CVE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	CVE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10643	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1	CVE	Broken Link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540	CVE	Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200702e.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:241	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0327.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0360.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.sec-consult.com/287.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20070314-0-apache_tomcat_directory_traversal.txt	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462791/100/0/threaded	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485938/100/0/threaded	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22960	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0975	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3087	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3386	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0065	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1979/references	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24732	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25106	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25280	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26660	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27037	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28365	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30899	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30908	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33668	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-03.xml	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2446	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32988	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/277d42b48b6e9aef50949c0dcc79ce21693091d73da246b3c1981925%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	[email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	[email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5b7a23e245c93235c503900da854a143596d901bf1a1f67e851a5de4%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	[email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d2a579bbd977c225c70cb23b0ec54865fb0dab5da3eff1e060c9935%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	[email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	[email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	[email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c616dfc49156e4b06ffab842800c80f4425924d0f20c452c127a53c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	[email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	[email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10643	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540	[email protected]	Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200702e.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:241	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_5_sr.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0327.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0360.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.sec-consult.com/287.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Advisories/20070314-0-apache_tomcat_directory_traversal.txt	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462791/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485938/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22960	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0975	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3087	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3386	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0065	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1979/references	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 112 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apache http server	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
apache tomcat	>= 5.0.0, < 5.5.22 >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.10
CPE cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

16 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 3, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 15, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 15, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 25, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 21, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 16, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 19, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]