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CVE-2007-0450

Affected software2 products, listed below
Severity5.0 Medium CVSS 2.0
Fixed in5.5.22, 6.0.10
WeaknessPath traversal (CWE-22)
Published16 Mar 2007
Updated16 Jun 2026

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.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2007-03-14.
  • EPSS 91% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs.
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Apache Tomcat 5.x/6.0.x - Directory Traversal 2007-03-14

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 5.0 5.5.22 unbounded
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 6.0 6.0.10 unbounded

Products and versions

3 products, 5 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd apache http server generic any version
nvd apache tomcat generic ≥ 5.0.0 and < 5.5.22 · ≥ 6.0.0 and < 6.0.10
osv org.apache.tomcat tomcat generic ≥ 5.0 and < 5.5.22 · ≥ 6.0 and < 6.0.10

References

URLTags
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/0c5ec5b958f1b59840ee155a23ab409755b039f6 WEB
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/19ec1ccd17fbb98511bc1c12b255253c4f48b85f WEB
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/ec7ff880dbc28b313bf3a2b1914f6f0371489793 WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c616dfc49156e4b06ffab842800c80f4425924d0f20c452c127a53c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c616dfc49156e4b06ffab842800c80f4425924d0f20c452c127a53c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB

Timeline

Published2007-03-16By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.