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CVE-2013-2185

Published: Jan 19, 2014Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-20
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
7.2%
Top 6.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The readObject method in the DiskFileItem class in Apache Tomcat and JBoss Web, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.1.0 and Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.0.0, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a NULL byte in a file name in a serialized instance, a similar issue to CVE-2013-2186. NOTE: this issue is reportedly disputed by the Apache Tomcat team, although Red Hat considers it a vulnerability. The dispute appears to regard whether it is the responsibility of applications to avoid providing untrusted data to be deserialized, or whether this class should inherently protect against this issue

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

tomcatapache
On-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
jboss enterprise application platformredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
jboss enterprise portal platformredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
org.apache.tomcat:tomcatMavenOSS Libraries
n/an/a
apacheoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache http server, apache httpd
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/12
openwall.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1193.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1194.html
rhn.redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
Jan 19, 2014
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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