CVEvulnerability
CVE-2000-0672
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2000-07-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
The default configuration of Jakarta Tomcat does not restrict access to the /admin context, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by directly calling the administrative servlets to add a context for the root directory.
Affected configurations
• apache tomcat 3.0
• apache tomcat 3.1
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0309.html Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1548 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5160 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0309.html Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1548 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5160 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry