CVE-2007-5333
Exposure of Sensitive Information in Apache Tomcat
EPSS 87.5%
Description
Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36 does not properly handle (1) double quote (") characters or (2) %5C (encoded backslash) sequences in a cookie value, which might cause sensitive information such as session IDs to be leaked to remote attackers and enable session hijacking attacks. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3385.
How to fix CVE-2007-5333
To remediate CVE-2007-5333, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat—upgrade to 6.0.15 or later
Is CVE-2007-5333 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 87.5%, placing CVE-2007-5333 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.15