Apache Tomcat up to 6.0 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apache Tomcat up to 6.0. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-5333. Local access is required to approach this attack. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apache Tomcat up to 6.0 (Application Server Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36 does not properly handle (1) double quote (") characters or (2) %5C (encoded backslash) sequences in a cookie value, which might cause sensitive information such as session IDs to be leaked to remote attackers and enable session hijacking attacks. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3385.

The bug was discovered 02/08/2008. The weakness was disclosed 02/11/2008 by JPCERT with JPCERT/CC (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-5333 since 10/10/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67895 (Oracle Linux 5 : tomcat (ELSA-2009-1164)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120536 (Solaris Multiple Vulnerabilities in Oracle Java Web Console).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40403), Exploit-DB (31130), Tenable (67895), SecurityFocus (BID 27706†) and OSVDB (41435†). The entries VDB-3754, VDB-40924, VDB-40923 and VDB-40234 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 67895
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 : tomcat (ELSA-2009-1164)
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OpenVAS ID: 880716
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for tomcat5 CESA-2009:1164 centos5 i386
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Recommended: Upgrade
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10/10/2007 🔍
02/08/2008 +121 days 🔍
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02/11/2008 +2 days 🔍
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02/14/2008 +3 days 🔍
07/21/2009 +523 days 🔍
07/12/2013 +1452 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +612 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apache.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: JPCERT
Organization: JPCERT/CC
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5333 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5333
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40922

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X-Force: 40403
SecurityFocus: 27706 - Apache Tomcat Cookie Quote Handling Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 28878
OSVDB: 41435 - Apache Tomcat quotes and %5C cookie information disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 17622 - Apache Tomcat Vulnerability Allows Remote Attacker to Conduct Session Hijacking Attack, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0488

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 02/01/2025 19:07
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (68), 08/03/2019 20:01 (18), 02/01/2025 19:07 (21)
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