The default catalina.policy in the JULI logging component in Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 through 5.5.25 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.15 does not restrict certain permissions for web applications, which allows attackers to modify logging configuration options and overwrite arbitrary files, as demonstrated by changing the (1) level, (2) directory, and (3) prefix attributes in the org.apache.juli.FileHandler handler.
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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2007-12-27T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:24:42.402Z

Reserved: 2007-10-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-5342

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-12-27T22:46:00.000

Modified: 2023-02-13T02:18:25.543

Link: CVE-2007-5342

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2007-12-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-5342 - Bugzilla