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  "crds_version": "0.1",
  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2008-2938",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "Apache Tomcat — Directory Traversal With Linking Enabled",
  "summary": "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.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "medium",
  "epss": 0.99708,
  "exploitation": {
    "known_exploited": false,
    "exploit_available": false,
    "attack_complexity": "low",
    "prerequisites": "A server with linking and that encoding enabled"
  },
  "remediation": {
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  "mitre_attack": [
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    "T1083"
  ],
  "kill_chain": "discovery",
  "recommended_action": "Upgrade Tomcat past 4.1.37, 5.5.26 or 6.0.16, and leave symbolic linking off unless you need it.",
  "confidence": "high",
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      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2938",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-07T17:00:55.336Z",
      "confidence": "high",
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      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2938",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-07T17:00:55.336Z",
      "confidence": "high",
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "cve",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2938",
      "label": "NVD record"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "writeup",
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html"
    }
  ],
  "published_at": "2008-08-13T00:41:00.000Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-08-07T17:00:55.336Z",
  "tags": [
    "apache-tomcat",
    "java",
    "path-traversal"
  ]
}