CVE-2003-1581

Exp

The Apache HTTP Server 2.0.44, when DNS resolution is enabled for client IP addresses, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary text into log files via an HTTP request in conjunction with a crafted DNS response, as demonstrated by injecting XSS sequences, related to an "Inverse Lookup Log Corruption (ILLC)" issue.

Published: 2010-02-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-1581 is rated Exploit Available (57/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.08%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.49% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-1581

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1581

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 2026-06-15 1.59% 3.08% +1.49%
2 2026-06-11 1.98% 1.59% -0.38%
3 2025-12-28 — 1.98% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1581

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1581

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-1581

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2003-1581 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (apache2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-1581
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-1581

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1581

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache http_server 2.0.44 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1581

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