{
  "id": "CVE-2017-12615",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2017-12615",
  "published": "2017-09-19T13:29:00.190Z",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T05:16:34.690Z",
  "score": 8.1,
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.99641,
  "epss_percentile": 0.99949,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2022-03-25",
    "due": "2022-04-15",
    "action": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
    "ransomware": "Known",
    "name": "Apache Tomcat on Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12615"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "Apache Software Foundation"
  ],
  "products": [
    "Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-434"
  ],
  "description": "When running Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.79 on Windows with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default to false) it was possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 8.1,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://breaktoprotect.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-case-of-cve-2017-12615-tomcat-7-put.html",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100901",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039392",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3080",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3081",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3113",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3114",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0465",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0466",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/breaktoprotect/CVE-2017-12615",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E",
      "tags": [
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        "Patch"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Patch"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Patch"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8fcb1e2d5895413abcf266f011b9918ae03e0b7daceb118ffbf23f8c%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E",
      "tags": [
        "Issue Tracking",
        "Mailing List"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E",
      "tags": [
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        "Patch"
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171018-0001/",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42953/",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_54_Tomcat",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-12615",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12615",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
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}