CVE-2000-0672

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-07-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The default configuration of Jakarta Tomcat does not restrict access to the /admin context, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by directly calling the administrative servlets to add a context for the root directory.

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: 3.0, 3.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0309.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1548
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5160
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0309.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1548
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5160

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