The autodeployment process in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20, when autoDeploy is enabled, deploys appBase files that remain from a failed undeploy, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended authentication requirements via HTTP requests.
Published 2010-01-28 20:30:01
Updated 2023-02-13 02:20:19
Source Red Hat, Inc.
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Products affected by CVE-2009-2901

Threat overview for CVE-2009-2901

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2009-2901
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 80
IPs affected by CVE-2009-2901 14,753
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2901

0.28%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 69 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-2901

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.3
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
8.6
2.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2009-2901

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2009-2901

  • Red Hat 2010-03-02
    Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-2901 This issue did not affect Tomcat versions running on Linux or Solaris systems. This issue is fixed in the tomcat5 and tomcat6 packages released with JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.1 for Windows.

References for CVE-2009-2901

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