CVE-2009-3548

highpriority · attend · 68EPSS 0.790 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

5 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

79.0% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

140 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

The Windows installer for Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.20, 5.5.0 through 5.5.28, and possibly earlier versions uses a blank default password for the administrative user, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-255USprimary

exploits (5)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/multi/http/tomcat_mgr_deployApache Tomcat Manager Application Deployer Authenticated Code Executionweaponized · metasploit
exploit/multi/http/tomcat_mgr_uploadApache Tomcat Manager Authenticated Upload Code Executionweaponized · metasploit
EDB-16317Apache Tomcat Manager - Application Deployer (Authenticated) Code Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-31433Apache Tomcat Manager - Application Upload (Authenticated) Code Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_loginTomcat Application Manager Login Utilityfunctional · metasploit

affected products (140)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
apache tomcat= 3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.3.1anvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 4.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 4.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 4.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 4.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 4.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 4.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 4.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (2)

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-11-12modified 2026-06-16

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references (52)

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