CVE-2015-5345

The Mapper component in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 processes redirects before considering security constraints and Filters, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of a directory via a URL that lacks a trailing / (slash) character.

Published: 2016-02-25 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5345 is rated Moderate Risk (60.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 49.88%, 98th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +6.55% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5345

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 43.33% 49.88% +6.55%
2 2026-04-28 14.82% 43.33% +28.50%
3 2026-03-13 — 14.82% —

Full EPSS history (51 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5345

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5345

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-5345

GHSA-rh8q-vjgf-gf74 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Apache Tomcat

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5345

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2015-5345 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tomcat9), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5345
gentoo high CVE-2015-5345: 1 GLSA(s) (201705-09), 1 atom(s) (www-servers/tomcat); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-5345
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5345
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5345/
ubuntu low CVE-2015-5345 low priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8, tomcat9), 36 status rows across 9 suites (artful, bionic, precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 13, not-affected 10, released 10, ignored 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5345

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5345

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.20 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.24 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.26 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.28 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.29 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.30 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.32 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.33 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.35 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.36 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.37 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.39 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.41 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.43 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.44 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.20 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.21 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.22 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.23 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.25 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.26 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.27 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.28 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.29 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.30 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.32 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.33 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.34 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.35 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.37 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.39 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.40 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.41 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.42 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.47 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.50 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.52 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.53 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.54 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.55 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.56 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.57 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.59 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.61 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.62 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.63 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.64 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.65 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 8.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 8.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0.0:rc10:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 8.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 8.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5345

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00047.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00069.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00082.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00085.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145974991225029&w=2
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135892/Apache-Tomcat-Directory-Disclosure.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2045.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2599.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Feb/146
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/122
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1715206
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1715207
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1715213
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1715216
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1716882
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1716894
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1717209
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1717212
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1717216
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3552
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3609
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
http://www.qcsec.com/blog/CVE-2015-5345-apache-tomcat-vulnerability.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83328
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035071
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3024-1
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1088
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa118
https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58765
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05054964
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150442
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180531-0001/
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