Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2020-1938

TLP:CLEAR

Apache Tomcat Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

Apache Tomcat treats Apache JServ Protocol (AJP) connections as having higher trust than, for example, a similar HTTP connection. If such connections are available to an attacker, they can be exploited.

Facts

  • Vendor: Apache
  • Product: Tomcat
  • CVSS: 9.8
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 99.3 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 3 March 2022
  • First known exploitation: 3 March 2022
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 17 March 2022
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 3 March 2022

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