CVE-2006-3159 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2006-3159

pipe_master in Sun ONE/iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.16 (built...

Vulnerability Description

pipe_master in Sun ONE/iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.16 (built May 14 2003) allows local users to read portions of restricted files via a symlink attack on msg.conf in a directory identified by the CONFIGROOT environment variable, which returns the first line of the file in an error message.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

iplanet messaging server, one messaging server
Vulnerable Versions:
5.2

Timeline

Official Publish: June 22nd, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.