CVE-2003-0043

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-02-07 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: 3.0, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.3 (+3)

References

http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/
http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/RELEASE-NOTES-3.3.1a.txt
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-060.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-246
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5111
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6722
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11195
http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/
http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/RELEASE-NOTES-3.3.1a.txt
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-060.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-246
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5111

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