CVE-2009-0580

Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via requests to /j_security_check with malformed URL encoding of passwords, related to improper error checking in the (1) MemoryRealm, (2) DataSourceRealm, and (3) JDBCRealm authentication realms, as demonstrated by a % (percent) value for the j_password parameter.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

94.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

Published

2009-06-05

Updated

2024-08-07

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_enum.rb

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33023

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/35326
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35344
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=747840&view=rev
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781379&view=rev
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781382&view=rev
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1496
• advisories/GHSA-w227-xcfx-3pj8
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:138
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35196
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry