CVE-2011-3376

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-11-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

org/apache/catalina/core/DefaultInstanceManager.java in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.22 does not properly restrict ContainerServlets in the Manager application, which allows local users to gain privileges by using an untrusted web application to access the Manager application's functionality.

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: 7.0.0, 7.0.0-beta, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4 (+17)

References

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/core/DefaultInstanceManager.java?r1=1176588&r2=1176587&pathrev=1176588
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1176588
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50603
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/core/DefaultInstanceManager.java?r1=1176588&r2=1176587&pathrev=1176588
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1176588
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50603

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