Vulnerability CVE-2009-3548

Vulnerability CVE-2009-3548

Published: 2009-11-12 Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:

The Windows installer for Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.20, 5.5.0 through 5.5.28, and possibly earlier versions uses a blank default password for the administrative user, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

	Topic	Author	Date
High	Apache Tomcat Windows Installer insecure default administrative password	Mark Thomas	16.11.2009

Type:

CWE-255

(Credentials Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10	6.4/10	10/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Remote	Low	No required
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
Partial	Partial	Partial

Affected software
Apache -> Tomcat

References:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02241113

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2

http://markmail.org/thread/wfu4nff5chvkb6xp

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507720/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36954

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023146

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3185

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1559

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54182

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19414

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7033

Vulnerability CVE-2009-3548

The Windows installer for Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.20, 5.5.0 through 5.5.28, and possibly earlier versions uses a blank default password for the administrative user, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

High

Apache Tomcat Windows Installer insecure default administrative password

CWE-255

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

7.5/10

6.4/10

10/10

Remote

Low

No required

Partial

Partial

Partial

Affected software

References: