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CVE-2003-0043
Jakarta Tomcat before 3.3.1a, when used with JDK 1.3.1 or earlier, uses trusted privileges when processing the web.xml file, which could…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Jakarta Tomcat before 3.3.1a, when used with JDK 1.3.1 or earlier, uses trusted privileges when processing the web.xml file, which could allow remote attackers to read portions of some files through the web.xml file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 19 months later
· 19 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.4% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-cvx5-7vc7-rg77 (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- DSA-246 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- HPSBUX0303-249 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- N-060 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/RELEASE-NOTES-3.3.1a.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 6722 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- tomcat-webxml-read-files(11195) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-cvx5-7vc7-rg77 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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