CVE-2007-5333

Name: CVE-2007-5333
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2008-02-12T01:00:00+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

UnknownEPSS 62.58%

Last modified Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-5333 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36 does not properly handle (1) double quote (") characters or (2) %5C (encoded backslash) sequences in a cookie value, which might cause sensitive information such as session IDs to be leaked to remote attackers and enable session hijacking attacks. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3385.. EPSS estimates a 62.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36 does not properly handle (1) double quote (") characters or (2) %5C (encoded backslash) sequences in a cookie value, which might cause sensitive information such as session IDs to be leaked to remote attackers and enable session hijacking attacks. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3385.

Metrics

EPSS Probability

62.58%

99.1th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache	Tomcat	>= 4.1.0, <= 4.1.36
Apache	Tomcat	>= 5.5.0, <= 5.5.25
Apache	Tomcat	>= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.14

References

http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2309470767/index.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28878Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/28884Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/28915Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29711Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32036Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33330Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/44183Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-10.xmlBroken Link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3636Broken Link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216Third Party Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.htmlVendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.htmlVendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012047Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012048Third Party Advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ20133Third Party Advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ20991Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:018Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform/4.2.0.cp08/html-single/Release_Notes/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487822/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27706Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0488URL Repurposed
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/referencesURL Repurposed
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/referencesURL Repurposed
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2690URL Repurposed
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780URL Repurposed
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316URL Repurposed
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532111Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11177Tool Signature
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00315.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00460.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2309470767/index.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28878Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/28884Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/28915Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29711Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32036Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33330Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/44183Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-10.xmlBroken Link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3636Broken Link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216Third Party Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.htmlVendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.htmlVendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012047Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012048Third Party Advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ20133Third Party Advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ20991Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:018Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform/4.2.0.cp08/html-single/Release_Notes/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487822/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27706Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0488URL Repurposed
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/referencesURL Repurposed
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/referencesURL Repurposed
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2690URL Repurposed
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780URL Repurposed
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316URL Repurposed
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532111Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11177Tool Signature
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00315.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00460.htmlThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 12, 2008
Last Modified: Jun 16, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2007-5333?

How severe is CVE-2007-5333?

Severity scoring for CVE-2007-5333 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 62.58% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5333?

Check the vendor references and advisories linked above for patched versions and mitigation guidance. You can also run a Strix scan to test if your systems are affected.

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Source: NVD / NIST