CVE-2005-4703 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 25.7% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 25.67% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | tomcat |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apache Tomcat 4.0.3 - Requests Containing MS-DOS Device Names Information Disclosure | 2005-10-14 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/ref/20/20033-tomcat-dos-path_disclosure.txt
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/20033
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28484
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42914
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- http://osvdb.org/ref/20/20033-tomcat-dos-path_disclosure.txt
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/20033
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28484
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42914
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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