CVEs / CVE-2006-3835
CVE-2006-3835: n/a n/a vulnerability
- medium 5 CVSS 2.0 (NVD)
- EPSS 48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs (1 Nov 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Description
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.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 30 Oct 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 2.0 | 5 mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NScored by NVD |
|---|
References
- CVE-2006-3835 on NVD
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-07/0467.html Exploit, Patch
- http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25212
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30899
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30908
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33668
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37297
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016576
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-206.htm
- http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html
- http://www.sec-consult.com/289.html
- http://www.securenetwork.it/ricerca/advisory/download/SN-2009-02.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468048/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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