CVE-2003-1605

curl 7.x before 7.10.7 sends CONNECT proxy credentials to the remote server.

Published: 2018-08-23 Last update: 2024-11-20 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1605 is rated Moderate Risk (49.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1605

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 0.84% 0.40% -0.44%
2 2025-03-29 0.40% 0.84% +0.44%
3 2025-03-17 0.40%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1605

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1605

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-1605

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-1605 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (curl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-1605
suse high CVE-2003-1605 severity important: SUSE including 4 source package names (curl, libcurl-devel, libcurl4, libcurl4-32bit), 49 product×package rows across 21 product lines (Magnum Orchestration 7, SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0, … (21 product lines)): Known Not Affected 49. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-1605/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1605

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
haxx curl >= 7.1.0, < 7.10.7 cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1605

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8432 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2003-1605.html Vendor Advisory
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