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CVE-2003-1297· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Easy File Sharing (EFS) Web Server 1.2 stores the (1) option.ini (aka options.ini) file and (2) log directory under the web root with insuff

Easy File Sharing (EFS) Web Server 1.2 stores the (1) option.ini (aka options.ini) file and (2) log directory under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information including an SMTP account username and password hash, the server configuration, and server log files.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Dec 31, 2003
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.3% · 83th percentile
CWE
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Action score

21

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
efs softwareefs web server

Same product

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    22Monitor
  • CVE-2004-1743Easy File Sharing (EFS) Webserver 1.25 allows remote attackers to view arbitrary files via an HTTP request for the disk_c virtual folder.
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2004-1744Easy File Sharing (EFS) Webserver 1.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via many large HTTP r
    21Monitor
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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