CVE-2001-0590

Apache Tomcat Servlet <3.2.2 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2001-0590. PoCs published by lovehacker.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat on Windows NT. It provides examples of crafted URLs that can be used to access files outside the document root.

Description

Apache Software Foundation Tomcat Servlet prior to 3.2.2 allows a remote attacker to read the source code to arbitrary 'jsp' files via a malformed URL request which does not end with an HTTP protocol specification (i.e. HTTP/1.0).

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by lovehacker · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20716

This is a writeup describing a directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat on Windows NT. It provides examples of crafted URLs that can be used to access files outside the document root.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Apache Tomcat (Windows NT)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Apache Tomcat running on Windows NT · Network access to the Tomcat server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0031.html
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-004
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6971
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/5580

Scores

EPSS 0.4830
EPSS Percentile 97.8%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
apache/tomcat < 3.2.2
org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-servlet-api 0 - 3.2.2Maven
Published Aug 02, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026