Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2017-12615

TLP:CLEAR

Apache Tomcat on Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

When running Apache Tomcat on Windows with HTTP PUTs enabled, it is possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.

Facts

  • Vendor: Apache
  • Product: Tomcat
  • CVSS: 8.1
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 99.7 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 25 March 2022
  • First known exploitation: 25 March 2022
  • Used in ransomware campaigns (per CISA): Yes
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 15 April 2022
  • Weakness: CWE-434
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 25 March 2022

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD