Local privilege escalation with FileStore

7 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The fix for bug CVE-2020-9484 introduced a time of check, time of use vulnerability into Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M8, 10.0.0-M5 to 10.0.14, 9.0.35 to 9.0.56 and 8.5.55 to 8.5.73 that allowed a local attacker to perform actions with the privileges of the user that the Tomcat process is using. This issue is only exploitable when Tomcat is configured to persist sessions using the FileStore.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Apache Tomcat

Vulnerable Versions:

Apache Tomcat 10.1 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M8, Apache Tomcat 10.0 10.0.0-M5 to 10.0.14, Apache Tomcat 9 9.0.35 to 9.0.56, Apache Tomcat 8 8.5.55 to 8.5.73