Is CVE-2005-4703 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-4703 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-4703?

CVE-2005-4703 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-4703?

CVE-2005-4703 has an EPSS score of 25.13% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-4703

MEDIUMEPSS 98th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Apache Tomcat 4.0.3, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a request for a file that contains an MS-DOS device name such as lpt9, which leaks the pathname in an error message, as demonstrated by lpt9.xtp using Nikto.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

25.13%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

http://osvdb.org/ref/20/20033-tomcat-dos-path_disclosure.txt
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20033
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28484
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42914
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.