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CVE-2007-6286

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6286 describes a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat versions 5.5.11 through 5.5.25 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.15, specifically when using the native APR connector. An empty request sent to the SSL port can cause the server to process a duplicate of a recent request. This medium-complexity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a partial integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability impact, and can be exploited remotely without authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.5.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0537 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-qrj4-rmqg-4hcpmedium

Apache Tomcat Does Not Properly Handle Empty Requests

May 1, 2022
redhatCVE-2007-6286Important

Tomcat5 Data integrity

Feb 8, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/28878
secunia.com / advisories/28915
secunia.com / advisories/29711
secunia.com / advisories/30676
secunia.com / advisories/32222
secunia.com / advisories/37460
secunia.com / advisories/57126
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-10.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/3637
lists.apache.org / thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
support.apple.com / kb/HT3216
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00315.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00460.html
tomcat.apache.org / security-5.html
tomcat.apache.org / security-6.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487823/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/31681
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0488
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1856/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2780
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3316