CVE-2005-4703
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.0
Description
Apache Tomcat Discloses MS-DOS Pathname
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Apache Tomcat 4.0.3 - Requests Containing MS-DOS Device Names Information Disclosure
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | <=4.0.3 | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4703
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42914
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080511145425/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28484
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.