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CVE-2007-5461

CVE-2007-5461: Apache Tomcat Path Traversal Vulnerability

3.5

CVSS Score

Basic Information

CVE ID
CVE-2007-5461
GHSA ID
GHSA-v5p2-vg3c-pmrr
EPSS Score
0.91111%
CWE
CWE-22
Published
5/1/2022
Updated
1/8/2024
KEV Status
No
Technology
TechnologyJava

Technical Details

CVSS Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Package NameEcosystemVulnerable VersionsFirst Patched Version
org.apache.tomcat:tomcatmaven>= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.6
org.apache.tomcat:tomcatmaven= 4.1.0
org.apache.tomcat:tomcatmaven= 5.0.0
org.apache.tomcat:tomcatmaven>= 5.5.0, <= 5.5.25
org.apache.tomcat:tomcatmaven>= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.14

Vulnerability Intelligence
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Miggo AIRoot Cause Analysis

The vulnerability stems from improper XML parsing in WebDAV requests. The commit 1e7b31e fixes CVE-2007-5461 by adding documentBuilderFactory.setExpandEntityReferences(false) in WebdavServlet.java. This indicates the original vulnerability was caused by processing external entity references in XML parsing, which could be exploited via SYSTEM entities to access local files. The getDocumentBuilder() function was vulnerable because it didn't disable this dangerous feature initially.

Vulnerable functions

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WAF Protection Rules

WAF Rule

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Reasoning

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