CVE-2020-9484
When using Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0 through 9.0.34, 8.5.0 to 8.5.54 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.103 if a) an attacker is able to control the contents and name of a file on the server; and b) the server is configured to use the PersistenceManager with a FileStore; and c) the PersistenceManager is configured with sessionAttributeValueClassNameFilter="null" (the default unless a SecurityManager is used) or a sufficiently lax filter to allow the attacker provided object to be deserialized; and d) the attacker knows the relative file path from the storage location used by FileStore to the file the attacker has control over; then, using a specifically crafted request, the attacker will be able to trigger remote code execution via deserialization of the file under their control. Note that all of conditions a) to d) must be true for the attack to succeed.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
31 explicit affected versions
183 explicit affected versions
183 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
When using Apache Tomcat versions 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M4, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.34, 8.5.0 to 8.5.54 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.103 if a) an attacker is able to control the contents and name of a file on the server; and b) the server is configured to use the PersistenceManager with a FileStore; and c) the PersistenceManager is configured with sessionAttributeValueClassNameFilter="null" (the default unless a SecurityManager is used) or a sufficiently lax filter to allow the attacker provided object to be deserialized; and d) the attacker knows the relative file path from the storage location used by FileStore to the file the attacker has control over; then, using a specifically crafted request, the attacker will be able to trigger remote code execution via deserialization of the file under their control. Note that all of conditions a) to d) must be true for the attack to succeed.
When using Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0 through 9.0.34, 8.5.0 to 8.5.54 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.103 if a) an attacker is able to control the contents and name of a file on the server; and b) the server is configured to use the PersistenceManager with a FileStore; and c) the PersistenceManager is configured with sessionAttributeValueClassNameFilter="null" (the default unless a SecurityManager is used) or a sufficiently lax filter to allow the attacker provided object to be deserialized; and d) the attacker knows the relative file path from the storage location used by FileStore to the file the attacker has control over; then, using a specifically crafted request, the attacker will be able to trigger remote code execution via deserialization of the file under their control. Note that all of conditions a) to d) must be true for the attack to succeed.
When using Apache Tomcat versions 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M4, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.34, 8.5.0 to 8.5.54 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.103 if a) an attacker is able to control the contents and name of a file on the server; and b) the server is configured to use the PersistenceManager with a FileStore; and c) the PersistenceManager is configured with sessionAttributeValueClassNameFilter="null" (the default unless a SecurityManager is used) or a sufficiently lax filter to allow the attacker provided object to be deserialized; and d) the attacker knows the relative file path from the storage location used by FileStore to the file the attacker has control over; then, using a specifically crafted request, the attacker will be able to trigger remote code execution via deserialization of the file under their control. Note that all of conditions a) to d) must be true for the attack to succeed.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00057.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157924/Apache-Tomcat-CVE-2020-9484-Proof-Of-Concept.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jun/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/01/2
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10332
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r26950738f4b4ca2d256597cf391d52d3450fa665c297ea5ca38f5469%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raa4123e472175bb052fbba165d37187cea923f755e8f3f30d124cb3f%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6d5d57b114678d8898005faef31e9fd6d7c981fcc4ccfc3bc272fc9%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf70f53af27e04869bdac18b1fc14a3ee529e59eb12292c8791a77926%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfe62fbf9d4c314f166fe8c668e50e5d9dd882a99447f26f0367474bf%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfe62fbf9d4c314f166fe8c668e50e5d9dd882a99447f26f0367474bf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfe62fbf9d4c314f166fe8c668e50e5d9dd882a99447f26f0367474bf%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00020.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00026.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00010.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GIQHXENTLYUNOES4LXVNJ2NCUQQRF5VJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJ7XHKWJWDNWXUJH6UB7CLIW4TWOZ26N/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-21
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0005/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4448-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4596-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4727
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9484
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171928
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/3aa8f28db7efb311cdd1b6fe15a9cd3b167a2222.patch
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/4785433a226a20df6acbea49296e1ce7e23de453
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/6d66e99ef85da93e4d2c2a536ca51aa3418bfaf4
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/74b105657ffbd1d1de80455f03446c3bbf30d1f5
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/93f0cc403a9210d469afc2bd9cf03ab3251c6f35
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/bb33048e3f9b4f2b70e4da2e6c4e34ca89023b1b
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r11ce01e8a4c7269b88f88212f21830edf73558997ac7744f37769b77@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r123b3ebe389f46f9d337923f393cdae4d3e9b78d982d706712f0898c@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r26950738f4b4ca2d256597cf391d52d3450fa665c297ea5ca38f5469@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7bc247fffcb1d58415215c861d2354bd653c86266230d78a93c71ae2@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8a2ac0e476dbfc1e6440b09dcc782d444ad635d6da26f0284725a5dc@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8dd19c514face6dd85fd4eab0271854883f40c7307926c1f7cd5400c@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raa4123e472175bb052fbba165d37187cea923f755e8f3f30d124cb3f@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1c0fb105ce2b93b7ec6fc1b77dd208022621a91c12d1f580813cfed@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb51ccd58b2152fc75125b2406fc93e04ca9d34e737263faa6ff0f41f@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc1778b38e74b5b6142414d57623bd55b023a72361f422836782fca3c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc8473b08abdf3c16494ed817bec1717a0ee0c8080315bc27db5f21c3@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf59c72572b9fee674a5d5cc6afeca4ffc3918a02c354a81cc50b7119@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6d5d57b114678d8898005faef31e9fd6d7c981fcc4ccfc3bc272fc9@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf70f53af27e04869bdac18b1fc14a3ee529e59eb12292c8791a77926@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfe62fbf9d4c314f166fe8c668e50e5d9dd882a99447f26f0367474bf@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfe62fbf9d4c314f166fe8c668e50e5d9dd882a99447f26f0367474bf@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfe62fbf9d4c314f166fe8c668e50e5d9dd882a99447f26f0367474bf@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfe62fbf9d4c314f166fe8c668e50e5d9dd882a99447f26f0367474bf@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GIQHXENTLYUNOES4LXVNJ2NCUQQRF5VJ
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WJ7XHKWJWDNWXUJH6UB7CLIW4TWOZ26N
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GIQHXENTLYUNOES4LXVNJ2NCUQQRF5VJ
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WJ7XHKWJWDNWXUJH6UB7CLIW4TWOZ26N
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0005
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4448-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4596-1