Exploit for HP Performance Manager Apache Tomcat Policy Bypass

CVE-2009-3548

saint · 2010-11-05

Description

HP Performance Manager Apache Tomcat Policy Bypass CVE vulnerabilit

Affected Apache Tomcat versions

Apache Tomcat= 3.0, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.1a, 3.3.2, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.1.7, 4.1.8, 4.1.9, 4.1.10, 4.1.11, 4.1.12, 4.1.13, 4.1.14, 4.1.15, 4.1.16, 4.1.17, 4.1.18, 4.1.19, 4.1.20

All known vulnerabilities by product

Apache Tomcat Hp-Ux

CVSS 7.5 for CVE-2009-3548

7.5

HIGH SEVERITY

Version 2.0

VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score

79.0%higher than 99.5% of all CVEs

Updated 2026-06-16

Exploit Details

Modified:2010-11-05 00:00

Last Seen:2025-06-30 16:08

Reporter:SAINT Corporation

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Exploit Code

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## https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=SAINT:FA41BCBF61DEF78FB3035ECD0A423296
Added: 11/05/2010  
CVE: CVE-2009-3548  
BID: 36954  
OSVDB: 60176  


### Background

HP Performance Manager Software is a web-based analysis and visualization tool that analyzes performance trends of applications, systems, and services. HP Performance Manager incorporates Apache Tomcat 5 to help serve custom web applications. 

### Problem

An unauthorized file upload vulnerability exists in HP Performance Manager. HP Performance Manager generates credentials for a default user/password combination in Apache Tomcat. A remote attacker can leverage this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request using the default credentials. Once authenticated, the attacker can upload a malicious web application to a vulnerable system. 

### Resolution

Apply the fix referenced in HP Security Bulletin HPSBMA02535. 

### References

http://secunia.com/advisories/39847/   


### Limitations

Exploit works on HP Performance Manager 8.1 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. 

It may take longer than usual to establish the connection after successful exploitation because it takes time for the affected server to deploy the malicious WAR file. 

### Platforms

Windows

Exploit Code

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