On 11/07/2019 19:30, Kevin Brake wrote:
> Reply to Kevin Brake<mailto:kevin.br...@goodyearaz.gov>
> 
> Tomcat 8.5.32    JVM 1.8.0_181-b13         Windows Server 2016     amd64
> 
> We had stopped a webapp via Manager in February. Over July 4th the webapp 
> started and ran for several days before it was discovered.
> There was a windows restart at that time in connection with windows updates. 
> Searching the logs also revealed potential CSRF attacks both on other webapps 
> that were supposed to be running as well as the one which restarted. There 
> was no activity for this webapp restart recorded in the manager log.
> 
> I have searched known tomcat issues, general web, internal logs for the web 
> server.
> 
> We are trying to determine how the webapp could have possibly started. Has 
> anyone heard of an issue where a stopped webapp can change state and run 
> because of an operating system restart?

http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/config/host.html

deployOnStartup

> Could a successful CSRF attack set conditions for the webapp to start either 
> by a windows restart or a direct start?

That would depend on the capabilities of the web applications and what
requests were forged.

Mark

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