Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2020-9484

Severity
7.0HIGH
EPSS
93.3%
top 0.19%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Timeline
PublishedMay 20
Latest updateAug 1

Description

When using Apache Tomcat versions 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M4, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.34, 8.5.0 to 8.5.54 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.103 if a) an attacker is able to control the contents and name of a file on the server; and b) the server is configured to use the PersistenceManager with a FileStore; and c) the PersistenceManager is configured with sessionAttributeValueClassNameFilter="null" (the default unless a SecurityManager is used) or a sufficiently lax filter to allow the attacker provided object to be deserial

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages30 packages

NVDoracle/managed_file_transfer12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0+1
NVDapache/tomcat7.0.07.0.108+4
Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina10.0.0-M110.0.0-M5+3
CVEListV5apache_tomcatApache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M4, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.34, 8.5.0 to 8.5.54, 7.0.0 to 7.0.103

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 8.0, 9.0, Fedora 31, 32, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 20.04

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

10
OSV
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OSV
tomcat vulnerabilities2024-07-23
OSV
tomcat9 vulnerabilities2022-03-31
GHSA
Race condition in Apache Tomcat2022-02-01
GHSA
Potential remote code execution in Apache Tomcat2021-03-19

💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Nuclei
Apache Tomcat Remote Command Execution

🔍Detection Rules

1
Suricata
ET EXPLOIT Attempted Directory Traversal via HTTP Cookie (CVE-2020-9484)2020-06-05

📋Vendor Advisories

15
Ubuntu
Tomcat vulnerabilities2024-08-01
Ubuntu
Tomcat vulnerabilities2024-07-23
Ubuntu
Tomcat vulnerabilities2022-03-31
Red Hat
tomcat: local privilege escalation vulnerability2022-01-26
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Siebel CRM Risk Matrix: Marketing (Apache Tomcat) — CVE-2020-94842021-10-15

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-9484 tomcat: deserialization flaw in session persistence storage leading to RCE [fedora-all]2020-05-22
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-9484 tomcat: deserialization flaw in session persistence storage leading to RCE2020-05-20
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