CVE-2004-2478

Unspecified vulnerability in Jetty HTTP Server, as used in (1) IBM Trading Partner Interchange before 4.2.4, (2) CA Unicenter Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) before 3.11, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URL.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2478 is rated Moderate Risk (57.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.42%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2478

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 3.68% 2.42% -1.25%
2 2025-03-17 2.05% 3.68% +1.63%
3 2024-12-17 — 2.05% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2478

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2478

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2478

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ca unicenter_web_services_distributed_management <= 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:ca:unicenter_web_services_distributed_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm trading_partner_interchange <= 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:trading_partner_interchange:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm trading_partner_interchange 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:trading_partner_interchange:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 3.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:3.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 3.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:3.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.1.0_rc4 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.1.0_rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.2.14 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.2.15 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.2.16 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.2.17 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.2.18 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jetty jetty_http_server 4.2.19 cpe:2.3:a:jetty:jetty_http_server:4.2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2478

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