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Apache Tomcat Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability (Jun 2025) - Windows

🗓️ 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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Apache Tomcat has a search path vulnerability on Windows affecting versions up to 11.0.7; update required.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:tomcat";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.119039");
  script_version("2025-06-18T05:40:25+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-06-18 05:40:25 +0000 (Wed, 18 Jun 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-06-17 02:12:31 +0000 (Tue, 17 Jun 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-49124");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Apache Tomcat Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability (Jun 2025) - Windows");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web Servers");
  script_dependencies("gb_apache_tomcat_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("apache/tomcat/detected", "Host/runs_windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache Tomcat is prone to an untrusted search path
  vulnerability on Windows.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"During installation, the Tomcat installer for Windows used
  icacls.exe without specifying a full path. This enabled a side-loading vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache Tomcat version 9.0.23 through 9.0.105, 10.1.x through
  10.1.41 and 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7 on Windows.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 9.0.106, 10.1.42, 11.0.8 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_11.0.8");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.1.42");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.106");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.apache.org/thread/lnow7tt2j6hb9kcpkggx32ht6o90vqzv");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/16/3");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "9.0.23", test_version_up: "9.0.106")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "9.0.106", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "10.1.0", test_version_up: "10.1.42")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "10.1.42", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "11.0.0.M1", test_version_up: "11.0.8")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "11.0.8", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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18 Jun 2025 00:00Current
8.4High risk
Vulners AI Score8.4
CVSS 3.18.4
EPSS0.00373
SSVC
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