CVE-2017-12615: Apache Tomcat on Windows Remote Code Execution
This Apache advisory covers CVE-2017-12615 in Apache Tomcat.
- CVE-2017-12615
Key facts
- CISA KEV
- Listed ; federal due date ; ransomware use known to CISA
- Affected
- Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.79
- Source published
- Source revised
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- Record changed
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Affected products & platforms
CVE-2017-12615 in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- CISA name:
- Apache Tomcat on Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CISA description:
- When running Apache Tomcat on Windows with HTTP PUTs enabled, it is possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.
- Required action:
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
When running Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.79 on Windows with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default to false) it was possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.
Text from the source record.
- Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.79
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched ·verify at source
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