CVE-2007-0450

Apache HTTP Server < 5.5.22 - Path Traversal

Title source: rule

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat 5.x before 5.5.22 and 6.x before 6.0.10, when using certain proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_jk), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence with combinations of (1) "/" (slash), (2) "\" (backslash), and (3) URL-encoded backslash (%5C) characters in the URL, which are valid separators in Tomcat but not in Apache.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by D. Matscheko · textremotelinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29739

References (56)

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Scores

EPSS 0.9113
EPSS Percentile 99.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (3)
apache/http_server
apache/tomcat 5.0.0 - 5.5.22
org.apache.tomcat/tomcat 5.0 - 5.5.22Maven
Published Mar 16, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026