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Apache.Tomcat.Shell.JSP.Command.Stager.Detection

Release Date

Mar 09, 2010

Severity

high

Impact

System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.

Description

This indicates an attack attempt against a remote command execution vulnerability in Apache Tomcat server.

A vulnerability has been reported in Apache Tomcat server that may allow an attacker to execute shell commands on a vulnerable system. This is possible because the user input filters fail to properly sanitize the command passed to shell.jsp application installed on an Apache Tomcat server. An attacker may include shell commands by supplying an crafted url.

Affected Products

Apache Tomcat server

Recommended Actions

Current we are not aware of any vendor supplied patch for this issue.

Coverage

IPS
VCM

Reference: VID-18233