{"cve":"CVE-2007-0450","nvd":{"published":"2007-03-16T22:19:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:35:35.367","status":"Modified","description":"Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat 5.x before 5.5.22 and 6.x before 6.0.10, when using certain proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_jk), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence with combinations of (1) \"/\" (slash), (2) \"\\\" (backslash), and (3) URL-encoded backslash (%5C) characters in the URL, which are valid separators in Tomcat but not in Apache.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx","http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172","http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html","http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html"],"products":["apache:http_server","apache:tomcat"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:44:49.019236172+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-0450","score":0.91158,"percentile":0.99808,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-4prh-gqw8-rgh5","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4prh-gqw8-rgh5","summary":"Apache Tomcat Directory Traversal","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:19.742703629Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=5.0 <5.5.22"],"fixed":["5.5.22"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=6.0 <6.0.10"],"fixed":["6.0.10"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}