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CVE-2025-49124 (GCVE-0-2025-49124)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-16 14:22 – Updated: 2025-10-29 14:25
VLAI
Title
Apache Tomcat: exe side-loading via icalcs.exe in Tomcat installer for Windows
Summary
Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Apache Tomcat installer for Windows. During installation, the Tomcat installer for Windows used icacls.exe without specifying a full path. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.23 through 9.0.105. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 through 8.5.100 and 7.0.95 through 7.0.109. Other EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.8, 10.1.42 or 9.0.106, which fix the issue.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-17 14:03 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat Affected: 11.0.0-M1 , ≤ 11.0.7 (semver)
Affected: 10.1.0 , ≤ 10.1.41 (semver)
Affected: 9.0.23 , ≤ 9.0.105 (semver)
Affected: 8.5.44 , ≤ 8.5.100 (semver)
Affected: 7.0.95 , ≤ 7.0.109 (semver)
Unknown: 10.0.0-M1 , ≤ 10.0.27 (semver)
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Credits
T. Doğa Gelişli https://linkedin.com/in/tdogagelisli/
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