CVE-2003-0042

mediumpriority · attend · 46EPSS 0.460 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

46.0% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-22205Apache Tomcat 3.x - Null Byte Directory / File Disclosurefunctional · exploit_db

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
apache tomcat= 3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 3.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat< 3.3.1aosvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-qfw2-wvrw-mvw4Jakarta Tomcat Directory Listing vulnerability2022-04-29ghsa · osvUS
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.

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2003-02-07modified 2026-06-16

references (20)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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