CVE-2005-4703 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2006-02-01

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 18.3% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-x89r-2wjq-mj7x	Apache Tomcat Discloses MS-DOS Pathname

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.18347.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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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Apache Tomcat

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-02-01T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:53:28.661Z

Reserved: 2006-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4703

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-4703

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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