CVE-2007-5333

Apache Tomcat 4.1.0-4.1.35, 5.5.0-5.5.25, 6.0.0-6.0.14 - Session ID Exposure via Cookie Handling

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-5333. PoCs published by John Kew.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an information disclosure vulnerability in Apache Tomcat by manipulating cookie values to access sensitive data. It leverages improper sanitization of user-supplied input in cookie handling.

Description

Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36 does not properly handle (1) double quote (") characters or (2) %5C (encoded backslash) sequences in a cookie value, which might cause sensitive information such as session IDs to be leaked to remote attackers and enable session hijacking attacks. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3385.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by John Kew · textremotemultiple

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31130

View Code ZIP pw:eip

This exploit demonstrates an information disclosure vulnerability in Apache Tomcat by manipulating cookie values to access sensitive data. It leverages improper sanitization of user-supplied input in cookie handling.

Classification

Working Poc 90%

Attack Type

Info Leak

Complexity

Trivial

Reliability

Reliable

Target: Apache Tomcat versions prior to 6.0.16 and 5.5.26

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable Apache Tomcat instance

MITRE ATT&CK

T1119 - Automated Collection

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (55)

Core 55

Core References

URL Repurposed vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2690

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/33330

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/30676

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3636

Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27706

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory x_refsource_jvn

http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2309470767/index.html

URL Repurposed vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_aixapar

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ20133

Tool Signature vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11177

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/28915

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/37460

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_aixapar

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ20991

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/28884

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487822/100/0/threaded

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012048

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/28878

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32036

URL Repurposed vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0488

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/44183

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:018

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform/4.2.0.cp08/html-single/Release_Notes/index.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/57126

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32222

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/30802

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012047

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00315.html

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-10.xml

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00460.html

URL Repurposed vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

URL Repurposed vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932

Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/29711

URL Repurposed vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532111

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Scores

EPSS 0.8753

EPSS Percentile 99.5%

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (2)

apache/tomcat 4.1.0 - 4.1.36

org.apache.tomcat/tomcat 6.0.0 - 6.0.15Maven

Published Feb 12, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026