CVE-2010-3718

Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 6.0.x, and 5.5.x, when running within a SecurityManager, does not make the ServletContext attribute read-only, which allows local web applications to read or write files outside of the intended working directory, as demonstrated using a directory traversal attack.

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 6.0, 6.0.0 (+57)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130168502603566&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132215163318824&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/43192
http://secunia.com/advisories/45022
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8072
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5098550.html

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