tomcat: Privilege escalation via the Manager application
Published Nov 11, 2011
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.64%
Description
org/apache/catalina/core/DefaultInstanceManager.java in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.22 does not properly restrict ContainerServlets in the Manager application, which allows local users to gain privileges by using an untrusted web application to access the Manager application's functionality.
Affected products
No data.
- 7.0.0
- 7.0.0
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.2
- 7.0.3
- 7.0.4
- 7.0.5
- 7.0.6
- 7.0.7
- 7.0.8
- 7.0.9
- 7.0.10
- 7.0.11
- 7.0.12
- 7.0.13
- 7.0.14
- 7.0.15
- 7.0.16
- 7.0.17
- 7.0.18
- 7.0.19
- 7.0.20
- 7.0.21
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not affected. This flaw did not affect any version of Tomcat shipped in Red Hat products. This flaw only affected Tomcat versions 7.0.0 - 7.0.21.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.64% (0.00641) | 48.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.68% (0.00679) | 47.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.30% (0.00299) | 51.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.16% (0.01164) | 61.38th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.16% (0.01164) | 60.38th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.16% (0.01164) | 58.38th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.16% (0.01164) | 34.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/core/DefaultInstanceManager.java?r1=1176588&r2=1176587&pathrev=1176588 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1176588 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50603 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3376 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752371 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3376
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3376
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/core/DefaultInstanceManager.java?r1=1176588&r2=1176587&pathrev=1176588 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1176588 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50603 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3376 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752371 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3376 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3376 |
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