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CVE-2017-12617

Vendorcanonical, oracle, apacheProductubuntu linux, hospitality guest access, agile product lifecycle management, financial services analytical applications infrastructure, tomcat, communications instant messaging server, retail back office, retail central office, retail order broker, retail point-of-service, endeca information discovery integrator, enterprise manager for mysql database, agile plm, micros lucas, mysql enterprise monitor, retail convenience and fuel pos software, retail advanced inventory planning, instantis enterprisetrack, fmw platform, retail invoice matching, health sciences empirica inspections, retail eftlink, micros retail xbri loss prevention, management pack, retail insights, retail order management systemDiscoveredOct 4, 2017UpdatedAug 25, 2026

When running Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0, 8.5.0 to 8.5.22, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.46 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.81 with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default servlet to false) it was possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.

CVSS v3.1
8.1 HIGH
EPSS
99.9%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Listed
confirmed active exploitation
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Sep 25, 2026
▼ 0.02pp
99.9% → 99.9% over 2 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
27 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Oct 4, 2017
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Aug 25, 2026