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CVE-2005-4703

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4703 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.0.3 running on Windows. Remote attackers can exploit this by requesting a file containing an MS-DOS device name (e.g., lpt9), causing the server to leak the full pathname in an error message. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to potential confidentiality impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei exploits, an ExploitDB entry exists, and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting limited public awareness or active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
25.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-31551 · Oct 14, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2567 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-x89r-2wjq-mj7xmedium

Apache Tomcat Discloses MS-DOS Pathname

May 1, 2022

References

osvdb.org / ref/20/20033-tomcat-dos-path_disclosure.txt
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42914
lists.apache.org / thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
tomcat.apache.org / security-4.html
osvdb.org / 20033
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/28484