CVE-2025-49124 - CVE House

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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-49124

Apache Tomcat: exe side-loading via icalcs.exe in Tomcat installer for Windows

0 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Apache Tomcat installer for Windows. During installation, the Tomcat installer for Windows used icacls.exe without specifying a full path. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.23 through 9.0.105. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 through 8.5.100 and 7.0.95 through 7.0.109. Other EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.8, 10.1.42 or 9.0.106, which fix the issue.

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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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

T. Doğa Gelişli https://linkedin.com/in/tdogagelisli/

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/lnow7tt2j6hb9kcpkggx32ht6o90vqzv

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Affected Vendor

Apache Software Foundation

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Affected Software

Apache Tomcat

Vulnerable Versions:

11.0.0-M1, 10.1.0, 9.0.23, 8.5.44, 7.0.95, 10.0.0-M1

Timeline

Official Publish: June 16th, 2025

Last Modified: October 29th, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow

Privilege Escalation

T1036 Masquerading

Defense Evasion

T1543 Create or Modify System Process

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1569 System Services