CVE-2007-5333: Exposure of Sensitive Information in Apache Tomcat
5
CVSS Score
Basic Information
CVE ID
GHSA ID
EPSS Score
0.99122%
CWE
Published
5/1/2022
Updated
2/14/2023
KEV Status
No
Technology
Java
Technical Details
CVSS Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Package Name | Ecosystem | Vulnerable Versions | First Patched Version |
---|---|---|---|
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | maven | >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.15 | 6.0.15 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | maven | >= 5.5.0, < 5.5.25 | 5.5.26 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | maven | >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.36 | 4.1.37 |
Vulnerability Intelligence
Miggo AI
Root Cause Analysis
The vulnerability stems from improper handling of specific characters in cookie values during parsing. The functions responsible for parsing cookies (e.g., processCookieHeader
and parseCookieHeader
) are directly implicated because the CVE description highlights issues with double quotes and %5C sequences. These functions likely failed to properly escape or validate()
these characters, leading to information disclosure. The confidence is high because the Tomcat security team explicitly linked this CVE to cookie parsing logic, and historical fixes for similar CVEs (e.g., CVE-2007-3385
) targeted these components.