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CVE-2003-0042
Jakarta Tomcat before 3.3.1a, when used with JDK 1.3.1 or earlier, allows remote attackers to list directories even with an index.html or…
Medium5.0EPSS 46.0%
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Description
Jakarta Tomcat before 3.3.1a, when used with JDK 1.3.1 or earlier, allows remote attackers to list directories even with an index.html or other file present, or obtain unprocessed source code for a JSP file, via a URL containing a null character.
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)
- 46.0% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (2 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
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- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-qfw2-wvrw-mvw4 (opens in a new tab)
References (10)
- DSA-246 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 6721 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20030130 Apache Jakarta Tomcat 3 URL parsing vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- HPSBUX0303-249 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- tomcat-null-directory-listing(11194) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- N-060 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 7977 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 7972 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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
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-qfw2-wvrw-mvw4 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .