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  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2017-12615",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "Apache Tomcat on Windows — Upload Turns Into Code Execution",
  "summary": "On Windows, a Tomcat instance that accepts uploads lets an attacker write a server-side script to disk and then request it, taking over the application.",
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  "recommended_action": "Upgrade Tomcat past 7.0.79, and set the default servlet back to read-only wherever uploads are not needed.",
  "confidence": "high",
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      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog"
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    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
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  "published_at": "2017-09-19T13:29:00.190Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-08-07T17:02:45.847Z",
  "tags": [
    "apache-tomcat",
    "windows",
    "file-upload"
  ]
}