CVE-2000-0672 Information

Description

The default configuration of Jakarta Tomcat does not restrict access to the /admin context which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by directly calling the administrative servlets to add a context for the root directory.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0309.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1548 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5160