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CVE-2003-1286

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-1286 describes an open proxy vulnerability in Sambar Server versions prior to 6.0 beta 6. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass security restrictions and forward HTTP requests to the server's administrative interface or external web servers by leveraging a "Connection: keep-alive" header. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sambar:sambar_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sambar:sambar_server:5.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sambar:sambar_server:5.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sambar:sambar_server:5.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sambar:sambar_server:5.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-24076 · Jan 30, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0337 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2004-04/0353.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/9578
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16054
idefense.com / application/poi/display
Vendor Advisory
sambar.com / security.htm
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/10256
ExploitPatch