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CVE-2009-2693

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2693 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat versions 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20. This flaw allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the system by including directory traversal sequences (e.g., ../../) within entries in a WAR file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.8, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial integrity and availability impacts. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0964 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (31)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 5.5.29
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 6.0.24
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: glassfish-jsf-0:1.2_13-2.ep5.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: httpd22-0:2.2.14-4.ep5.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: jakarta-commons-chain-0:1.2-2.1.ep5.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: jakarta-commons-digester-0:1.8.1-7.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: jakarta-commons-io-0:1.4-1.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: jakarta-commons-modeler-0:2.0-3.3.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: jakarta-commons-validator-0:1.3.1-7.4.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: jakarta-oro-0:2.0.8-3jpp.ep1.3.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: jboss-javaee-0:5.0.1-2.3.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: mod_jk-0:1.2.28-4.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: struts12-0:1.2.9-2.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.5.28-7.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: tomcat6-0:6.0.24-2.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: tomcat-native-0:1.1.19-2.0.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: xerces-j2-0:2.9.1-2.2_patch_01.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: xml-commons-resolver12-1:1.2-1.1.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.19
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5Fixed in: glassfish-jsf-0:1.2_13-3.ep5.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5Fixed in: httpd-0:2.2.14-1.2.1.ep5.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5Fixed in: jakarta-commons-chain-0:1.2-2.1.1.ep5.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5Fixed in: jakarta-commons-io-0:1.4-1.1.ep5.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5Fixed in: jakarta-oro-0:2.0.8-3.1.ep5.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5Fixed in: mod_jk-0:1.2.28-4.1.ep5.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5Fixed in: struts12-0:1.2.9-2.ep5.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.5.28-7.1.ep5.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5Fixed in: tomcat6-0:6.0.24-2.1.ep5.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5Fixed in: tomcat-native-0:1.1.19-2.0.1.ep5.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHAPS Version 2 for RHEL 4Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17
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Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-ggx9-4728-588rmedium

Apache Tomcat Directory Traversal vulnerability

May 2, 2022
redhatCVE-2009-2693Low

tomcat: unexpected file deletion and/or alteration

Jan 24, 2010

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PatchVendor Advisory
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