CVE-2000-0759

Exp

Jakarta Tomcat 3.1 under Apache reveals physical path information when a remote attacker requests a URL that does not exist, which generates an error message that includes the physical path.

Published: 2000-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0759 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 39.82%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0759

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20131 exploit_db edb 2000-07-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0759

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 60.07% 39.82% -20.26%
2 2025-03-29 39.82% 60.07% +20.26%
3 2025-03-17 39.82%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0759

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0759

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2000-0759

GHSA-qg4g-6jcq-rw93 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Jakarta Apache Tomcat Reveals Physical Paths

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0759

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache tomcat 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0759

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