Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2012-3546

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2012-3546

Published: June 20, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64512
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3546
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Apache Tomcat
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify data.

The vulnerability exists in the org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat. A remote attacker can bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a previous setUserPrincipal call and then placing /j_security_check at the end of a URI.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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