{"id":"CVE-2003-0043","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2003-0043","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:45.826Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2003-02-07T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:01:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apache/tomcat"],"epss":{"score":0.04514,"percentile":0.91458,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/RELEASE-NOTES-3.3.1a.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-060.shtml","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-246","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5111","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6722","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11195","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/RELEASE-NOTES-3.3.1a.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-060.shtml","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-246","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5111","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6722","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11195","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0043","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}