CVE-2010-4094

medium

Published 2010-10-26 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.0

Description

The Tomcat server in IBM Rational Quality Manager and Rational Test Lab Manager has a default password for the ADMIN account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging access to the manager role. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2009-3548.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-16317 remote multiple verified

Metasploit · 2010-12-14

Apache Tomcat Manager - Application Deployer (Authenticated) Code Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_scanner/http/tomcat_mgr_login rank 300

Tomcat Application Manager Login Utility

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

exploit_multi/http/tomcat_mgr_deploy rank 600

Apache Tomcat Manager Application Deployer Authenticated Code Execution

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

exploit_multi/http/tomcat_mgr_upload rank 600

Apache Tomcat Manager Authenticated Upload Code Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ibm	rational_quality_manager
ibm	rational_test_lab_manager

References

CWEs

CWE-255

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.