CVE•Published 2016-02-25•Modified 2026-10-14•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2015-5174Debian · Debian_linux
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
4.3
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS percentile
96
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 4% of all CVEs
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory.
Timeline
Published 2016-02-25
Modified 2026-10-14
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