4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-2938
Apache Tomcat Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 13, 2008, 12:41 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:02 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2008-2938 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-2938 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apache tomcat
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-2938.

URL Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31639 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31865 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31891 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32120 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32266 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33797 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37297 Broken Link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4148 Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm Third Party Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/343355 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2009-02.txt Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495318/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507729/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30633 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020665 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2343 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44411 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10587 Tool Signature
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6229 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Naramsim/Offensive

Reproducible exploits for: CVE-2016-1240 CVE-2008-2938 CVE-2014-2064 CVE-2014-1904

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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-2938 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-2938 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version. Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version. Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2370. NOTE: versions earlier than 6.0.18 were reported affected, but the vendor advisory lists 6.0.16 as the last affected version.
    Removed Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Vendor Advisory]
    Removed Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Vendor Advisory]
    Removed Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 03, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31639 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31639 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31865 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31865 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31891 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31891 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32120 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32120 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32266 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32266 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/33797 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/33797 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/37297 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/37297 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4148 No Types Assigned http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4148 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 No Types Assigned http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm No Types Assigned http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html No Types Assigned http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html No Types Assigned http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html Patch http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/343355 US Government Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/343355 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2009-02.txt No Types Assigned http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2009-02.txt Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495318/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495318/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507729/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507729/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30633 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30633 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020665 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020665 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2343 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2343 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44411 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44411 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10587 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10587 Tool Signature
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6229 No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6229 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache_software_foundation:tomcat:6.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.0 up to (including) 4.1.37 *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.0 up to (including) 5.5.26 *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.0.0 up to (including) 6.0.16
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507729/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/495318/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507729/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495318/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6229 [Exploit]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10587 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6229 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10587 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44411 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44411 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-2938 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-2938 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

97.02 }} -0.08%

score

0.99788

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
: