cve/2007/CVE-2007-5461.md

### [CVE-2007-5461](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5461)
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### Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0 through 4.0.6, 4.1.0, 5.0.0, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, under certain configurations, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a WebDAV write request that specifies an entity with a SYSTEM tag.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9202
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4530

#### Github
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