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CVE-2009-2693

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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
ApacheTomcat
Versions 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 5.5.5

Weakness classification

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