CVE-2006-3835

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 48.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-07-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Apache Tomcat 5 before 5.5.17 allows remote attackers to list directories via a semicolon (;) preceding a filename with a mapped extension, as demonstrated by URLs ending with /;index.jsp and /;help.do.

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: 5.0.28, 5.5.7, 5.5.9, 5.5.12, 5.5.16

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-07/0467.html
http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25212
http://secunia.com/advisories/30899
http://secunia.com/advisories/30908
http://secunia.com/advisories/33668
http://secunia.com/advisories/37297
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016576
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540

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