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veracodeVeracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:11887
HistoryJan 15, 2019 - 9:09 a.m.

Directory Traversal

2019-01-1509:09:27
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
6

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

55.7%

Tomcat is vulnerable to directory traversal. The methods getResource(), getResourceAsStream(), and getResourcePaths() in ServletContext do not correctly validate that the paths given to them do not contain “/…”. However the impact of the directory traversal is limited as “/…/” is rejected. This allows malicious web applications to expose the directory listings for $CATALINA_BASE/webapps