CVE-2000-0672

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.

Date published : 2001-01-22

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1548

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0309.html