CVE-2005-1754

Exp

JavaMail API 1.1.3 through 1.3, as used by Apache Tomcat 5.0.16, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the Download parameter. NOTE: Sun and Apache dispute this issue. Sun states: "The report makes references to source code and files that do not exist in the mentioned products.

Published: 2005-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1754 is rated Exploit Available (59.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.79%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2005-1754

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25702 exploit_db edb 2005-05-24 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1754

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 8.85% 2.79% -6.06%
2 2025-10-01 7.32% 8.85% +1.53%
3 2025-09-15 — 7.32% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1754

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
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-2005-1754

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1754

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2005-1754: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2005-1754

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1754

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache_tomcat apache_tomcat 5.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:apache_tomcat:apache_tomcat:5.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun javamail 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:sun:javamail:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun javamail 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:javamail:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun javamail 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:sun:javamail:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun javamail 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:javamail:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1754

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