mediumREV. 01
CVE-2008-2938Apache Tomcat — Directory Traversal With Linking Enabled
Apache Tomcat lets a crafted address escape the served directory when symbolic linking and a particular character encoding are both switched on, exposing files elsewhere on disk.
Read the risk
THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- —/ 10 No score recorded
- EPSS probability
- 100% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Not listed
- CVE published
- 2008-08-13
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- discovery
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190, T1083
- Severity
- medium
Attacker needsA server with linking and that encoding enabled
Behind the card
5 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02Vendor advisorytomcat.apache.orgtomcat.apache.org
- 03Vendor advisorytomcat.apache.orgtomcat.apache.org
- 04Vendor advisorytomcat.apache.orgtomcat.apache.org
- 05Writeuplists.apple.comlists.apple.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-08-07 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-08-07 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-08-07 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.