{"cve":"CVE-2010-3718","nvd":{"published":"2011-02-10T18:00:01.550","modified":"2026-06-16T23:23:24.260","status":"Modified","description":"Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 through 7.0.3, 6.0.x, and 5.5.x, when running within a SecurityManager, does not make the ServletContext attribute read-only, which allows local web applications to read or write files outside of the intended working directory, as demonstrated using a directory traversal attack.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130168502603566&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132215163318824&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2"],"products":["apache:tomcat"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:57:56.749847046+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2010-3718","score":0.013,"percentile":0.70445,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-fj6c-prgj-gr3r","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-fj6c-prgj-gr3r","summary":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Apache Tomcat","modified":"2024-02-21T20:24:53Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=7.0.0 <7.0.4"],"fixed":["7.0.4"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=6.0.0 <6.0.30"],"fixed":["6.0.30"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat","ranges":[">=5.5.0 <5.5.30"],"fixed":["5.5.30"]}]}],"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."]}