01 Record
CVE-2009-2902
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to delete work-directory files via directory traversal sequences in a WAR
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to delete work-directory files via directory traversal sequences in a WAR
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 10.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-01-28 20:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-08-20
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a4eb0aaffd3b829b034db73f9751d7a7ae50fbcceaf95958c445d32c90f77cc0
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- securitytracker.com1023504http://securitytracker.com/id?1023504
- h20000.www2.hp.comHPSBUX02541http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02241113
- marc.infoHPSBMA02535http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
- svn.apache.orghttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=892815&view=rev
- secunia.com39317http://secunia.com/advisories/39317
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:19431https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19431
- www.securityfocus.com20100124 [SECURITY] CVE-2009-2902 Apache Tomcat unexpected file deletion in work directoryhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509150/100/0/threaded
- www.debian.orgDSA-2207http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1700http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html
- marc.infoHPSBUX02860http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
- secunia.com40330http://secunia.com/advisories/40330
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:177http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:177
- secunia.com43310http://secunia.com/advisories/43310
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1559http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1559
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- marc.infoHPSBOV02762http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1986http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1986
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0580http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0580.html
- secunia.com40813http://secunia.com/advisories/40813
- secunia.com38541http://secunia.com/advisories/38541
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:176http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176
- tomcat.apache.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- secunia.com57126http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html
- ubuntu.comUSN-899-1http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-899-1
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0147http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html
- secunia.com38687http://secunia.com/advisories/38687
- secunia.com38346http://secunia.com/advisories/38346
- tomcat.apache.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- www.securityfocus.com37945http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37945
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:7092https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7092
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0119http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0119.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0582http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0582.html
- secunia.com38316http://secunia.com/advisories/38316
- www.securityfocus.com20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESXhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0213http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0213
- marc.infoHPSBST02955http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- svn.apache.orghttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=902650&view=rev
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comapache-tomcat-war-directory-traversal(55857)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55857
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1701http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [22/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [20/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [22/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [25/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E