CVE-2008-2938
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are...
- Published
- Aug 13, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Evidence observed
- Aug 11, 2008
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 100.0%
- Model date
- Oct 13, 2026
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Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version.
Sources
modules/auxiliary/admin/http/tomcat_utf8_traversal.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- verification: check_not_declared($.auxiliary_admin/http/tomcat_utf8_traversal.check)
modules/auxiliary/admin/http/trendmicro_dlp_traversal.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- verification: check_not_declared($.auxiliary_admin/http/trendmicro_dlp_traversal.check)
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