Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat
CVE-2005-4703
Apache Tomcat 4.0.3, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a request for a file that contains an MS-DOS device name such as lpt9, which leaks the pathname in an error message, as demonstrated by lpt9.xtp using Nikto.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.257 (97.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.257 · newest: 0.257 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Tomcat — versions 4.0.3
References
- tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- www.osvdb.org/20033 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42914 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28484 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/ref/20/20033-tomcat-dos-path_disclosure.txt (Exploit)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eac… (mailing-list)