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CVE-2013-2185

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2185 describes a critical vulnerability in the DiskFileItem class within Apache Tomcat and JBoss Web, including Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and Portal. This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve arbitrary file write capabilities by injecting a NULL byte into a filename during deserialization, impacting the integrity of affected systems. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.0.39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_portal_platform:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0720 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 7.0.39
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5Fixed in: jbossweb-0:7.2.0-3.redhat_2.ep6.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6Fixed in: jbossweb-0:7.2.0-3.redhat_2.ep6.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6.0
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6Fixed in: jbossweb

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-v6c7-8qx5-8gmphigh

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Tomcat

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2013-2185Important

Tomcat/JBossWeb: Arbitrary file upload via deserialization

Sep 3, 2013

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/12
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1193.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1194.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1265.html
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/09/05/4