01 Record
CVE-2009-3548
The Windows installer for Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.20, 5.5.0 through 5.5.28, and possibly earlier versions uses a blank default password for the administrative user, which allows remote
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The Windows installer for Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.20, 5.5.0 through 5.5.28, and possibly earlier versions uses a blank default password for the administrative user, which allows remote
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
- 78.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.5% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2009-11-12 23:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-10-05
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 06f1d358f815c98929e99197a4f5ed945fb3ce240a4fb71cbeddbfdc93367439
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- h20000.www2.hp.comHPSBUX02541http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02241113
- marc.infoHPSBMA02535http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
- marc.infoHPSBUX02860http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
- secunia.com40330http://secunia.com/advisories/40330
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1559http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1559
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:19414https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19414
- marc.infoHPSBOV02762http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtomcat-admin-default-password(54182)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54182
- 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
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:7033https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7033
- www.securityfocus.com36954http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36954
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3185http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3185
- tomcat.apache.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- www.securityfocus.com20091109 [SECURITY] CVE-2009-3548 Apache Tomcat Windows Installer insecure default administrative passwordhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507720/100/0/threaded
- markmail.orghttp://markmail.org/thread/wfu4nff5chvkb6xp
- 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
- marc.infoHPSBST02955http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- www.securitytracker.com1023146http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023146
- 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] 20191124 [CONF] Apache Tomcat > Securityhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/df497a37fbf98e38d4c83e44829745fe9851b5fde928409c950f80e6%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