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CVE-2005-1754

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1754 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in JavaMail API versions 1.1.3 through 1.3, specifically when used with Apache Tomcat 5.0.16. Remote attackers could read arbitrary files by supplying a full pathname in the "Download" parameter. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and potentially leading to partial confidentiality impact. Despite an available exploit in ExploitDB, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache_tomcat:apache_tomcat:5.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:javamail:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:javamail:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:javamail:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:javamail:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-25702 · May 24, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0284 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
tomcat.apache.org / security-5.html
securityfocus.com / bid/13753
Exploit