Tomcat uses trusted privileges when processing web.xml file
Date: 2022-04
Affected: maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
Attack vector: other
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Medium
CVE: CVE-2003-0043
CWE: CWE-250

Jakarta Tomcat before 3.3.1a, when used with JDK 1.3.1 or earlier, uses trusted privileges when processing the web.xml file, which could allow remote attackers to read portions of some files through the web.xml file.


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