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Apache Tomcat Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability - CVE-2017-12617 - Vulnerability Database
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Apache Tomcat Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability - CVE-2017-12617

High
Reference: CVE-2017-12617
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12617
Title: Apache Tomcat Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability
Overview:

When running Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0 8.5.0 to 8.5.22 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.46 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.81 with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default servlet 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.