CVE-2005-4703

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-4703
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionApache 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Tomcat 4.0.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Apache Tomcat® - Apache Tomcat 4.x vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tomcat.apache.org
osvdb.org/ref/20/20033-tomcat-dos-path_disclosure.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Apache Tomcat Requests Containing MS-DOS Device Names Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
www.osvdb.org/20033 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Exploit
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
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CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 995377 Java (Maven) Security Update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-x89r-2wjq-mj7x)

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