CVE-2017-5664 Details
The error page mechanism of the Java Servlet Specification requires that, when an error occurs and an error page is configured for the error that occurred, the original request and response are forwarded to the error page. This means that the request is presented to the error page with the original HTTP method. If the error page is a static file, expected behaviour is to serve content of the file as if processing a GET request, regardless of the actual HTTP method. The Default Servlet in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M20, 8.5.0 to 8.5.14, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.43 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.77 did not do this. Depending on the original request this could lead to unexpected and undesirable results for static error pages including, if the DefaultServlet is configured to permit writes, the replacement or removal of the custom error page. Notes for other user provided error pages: (1) Unless explicitly coded otherwise, JSPs ignore the the HTTP method. JSPs used as error pages must must ensure that they handle any error dispatch as a GET request, regardless of the actual method. (2) By default, the response generated by a Servlet does depend on the HTTP method. Custom Servlets used as error pages must ensure that they handle any error dispatch as a GET request, regardless of the actual method.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-5664
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
6.54 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (91th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2017-5664
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
7.5 High
Products affected by CVE-2017-5664
Tomcat 7.0.16
Tomcat 7.0.19
Tomcat 7.0.2
Tomcat 7.0.20
Tomcat 7.0.21
DVE Score by Bitsight AI
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Low
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CVE-2017-5664 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
CN 7,171 22.74%
US 5,887 18.67%
KR 2,309 7.32%
DE 1,325 4.20%
IN 1,323 4.20%
BR 1,296 4.11%
SG 952 3.02%
JP 792 2.51%
FR 780 2.47%
IT 620 1.97%

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CVE-2017-5664 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Technology 16,043 72.61%
Telecommunications 4,514 20.43%
Education 451 2.04%
Government/Politics 290 1.31%
Business Services 166 0.75%
Manufacturing 106 0.48%
Finance 78 0.35%
Transportation 73 0.33%
Consumer Goods 71 0.32%
Retail 71 0.32%

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