CVE-2007-0450

Q: How do I fix CVE-2007-0450?

Upgrade tomcat to 6.0.10 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2007-0450 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2007-0450 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 90.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2007-0450?

CVE-2007-0450 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2007-0450 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for tomcat (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUMEPSS 100th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat 5.x before 5.5.22 and 6.x before 6.0.10, when using certain proxy modules (mod_proxy, mod_rewrite, mod_jk), allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence with combinations of (1) "/" (slash), (2) "\" (backslash), and (3) URL-encoded backslash (%5C) characters in the URL, which are valid separators in Tomcat but not in Apache.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

tomcatNVD

Affected:>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.10Fixed in:6.0.10CVE-2007-0450derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

90.77%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2007-0450?

Upgrade tomcat to 6.0.10 or later.

Is CVE-2007-0450 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2007-0450 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 90.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2007-0450?

CVE-2007-0450 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2007-0450 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for tomcat (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.