Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
5.3%
top 9.99%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 19
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The readObject method in the DiskFileItem class in Apache Tomcat and JBoss Web, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.1.0 and Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.0.0, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a NULL byte in a file name in a serialized instance, a similar issue to CVE-2013-2186. NOTE: this issue is reportedly disputed by the Apache Tomcat team, although Red Hat considers it a vulnerability. The dispute appears to regard whether it is the responsibility of ap

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Tomcat2022-05-17
OSV
Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Tomcat2022-05-17
CVEList
CVE-2013-2185: The readObject method in the DiskFileItem class in Apache Tomcat and JBoss Web, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 62014-01-19

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
tomcat: remote code execution via uploaded JSP2014-09-10
Red Hat
Tomcat/JBossWeb: Arbitrary file upload via deserialization2013-09-03

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-2185 Tomcat/JBossWeb: Arbitrary file upload via deserialization2013-06-16