CVE-2007-5333
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.
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Key data
EPSS
- Score
- 0.62575 (62.6% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.2%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
References
- ADV-2008-2690 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- 33330 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- support.apple.com/kb/HT2163
- 30676 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- 27706 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
- 3636 (securityreason.com)third-party-advisory
- JVN#09470767 (jvn.jp)third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-1981 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- IZ20133 (www-1.ibm.com)vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11177 (oval.cisecurity.org)vdb-entrysignature
- 28915 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- 37460 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- IZ20991 (www-1.ibm.com)vendor-advisory
- 31681 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
- 28884 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- 20080208 [SECURITY] CVE-2007-5333: Tomcat Cookie handling vulnerabilities (securityfocus.com)mailing-list
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012048
- 28878 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- 32036 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-0488 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- 44183 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2008-06-30 (lists.apple.com)vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2010:176 (mandriva.com)vendor-advisory
- 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (securityfocus.com)mailing-list
- SUSE-SR:2009:004 (lists.opensuse.org)vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2009:018 (mandriva.com)vendor-advisory
- redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform…
- tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- 57126 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- 32222 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- 30802 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012047
- FEDORA-2008-1467 (redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- GLSA-200804-10 (security.gentoo.org)vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-1603 (redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-1856 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
- tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- ADV-2008-2780 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- HPSBST02955 (marc.info)vendor-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 (lists.apple.com)vendor-advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932
- 29711 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-3316 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532111
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [21/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [22/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [19/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [20/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [22/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [24/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [25/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
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