LOW SEVERITY

CVE-2005-3164

Cosminexus Application Server vulnerability

CVSS
2.6
EPSS
6.5%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
The AJP connector in Apache Tomcat 4.0.1 through 4.0.6 and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36, as used in Hitachi Cosminexus Application Server and standalone, does not properly handle when a connection is broken before request body data is sent in a POST request, which can lead to an information leak when "unsuitable request body data" is used for a different request, possibly related to Java Servlet pages.
Affected vendor
Hitachi
Affected product
Cosminexus Application Server
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2005-10-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 6.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-3164

  • Confirm whether Hitachi Cosminexus Application Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-3164.
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