cve/2009/CVE-2009-2693.md

CVE-2009-2693

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 create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an entry in a WAR file, as demonstrated by a ../../bin/catalina.bat entry.

POC

Reference

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
• http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html

Github

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