Apache Tomcat 'SecurityManager' Information Disclosure Vulnerability (Apr 2017) - Windows

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.810764");
  script_version("2025-12-12T15:41:28+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5648");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-12-12 15:41:28 +0000 (Fri, 12 Dec 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-07-20 21:15:00 +0000 (Mon, 20 Jul 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-04-21 15:51:01 +0530 (Fri, 21 Apr 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
  script_name("Apache Tomcat 'SecurityManager' Information Disclosure Vulnerability (Apr 2017) - Windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache Tomcat is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A some calls to application listeners
  did not use the appropriate facade object. When running an untrusted
  application under a SecurityManager, it was therefore possible for
  that untrusted application to retain a reference to the request or
  response object and thereby access and/or modify information associated
   with another web application.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
  attackers to obtain sensitive information from requests other than their own.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M17,

  Apache Tomcat versions 8.5.0 to 8.5.11,

  Apache Tomcat versions 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.41 and

  Apache Tomcat versions 7.0.0 to 7.0.75 on Windows");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to version 9.0.0.M18,
  8.5.12, 8.0.42, 7.0.76 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d0e00f2e147a9e9b13a6829133092f349b2882bf6860397368a52600@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 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");

  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);

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

if(vers =~ "^[7-9]\.") {
  if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"7.0.0", test_version2:"7.0.75")) {
    fix = "7.0.76";
    VULN = TRUE;
  }

  else if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"8.5.0", test_version2:"8.5.11")) {
    fix = "8.5.12";
    VULN = TRUE;
  }

  else if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"8.0.0.RC1", test_version2:"8.0.41")) {
    fix = "8.0.42";
    VULN = TRUE;
  }

  else if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"9.0.0.M1", test_version2:"9.0.0.M17")) {
    fix = "9.0.0.M18";
    VULN = TRUE;
  }

  if(VULN) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:fix, install_path:path);
    security_message(port:port, data:report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

exit(99);