GHSA-wfj7-mhr5-pcwq · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Apache Tomcat Reveals Directories
Apache Tomcat 5 before 5.5.17 allows remote attackers to list directories via a semicolon (;) preceding a filename with a mapped extension, as demonstrated by URLs ending with /;index.jsp and /;help.do.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3835 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 51.51%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28254 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-07-21 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-05-13 | 56.44% | 51.51% | -4.93% |
| 2 | 2025-12-28 | 50.93% | 56.44% | +5.51% |
| 3 | 2025-12-27 | — | 50.93% | — |
Full EPSS history (25 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-wfj7-mhr5-pcwq · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Apache Tomcat Reveals Directories
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
|
low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-3835 |
This issue is not a security issue in Tomcat itself, but is caused when directory listings are enabled. Details on how to disable directory listings are available at: http://tomcat.apache.org/faq/misc.html#listing
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | tomcat | 5.0.28 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.7 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.9 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.12 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apache | tomcat | 5.5.16 | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |