CVE-2006-2438

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-05-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the viewfile servlet in the documentation package (resin-doc) for Caucho Resin 3.0.17 and 3.0.18 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files under other web roots via the contextpath parameter. NOTE: this issue can produce resultant path disclosure when the parameter is invalid.

Affected products

Caucho Technology Resin: 3.0.17, 3.0.18

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0384.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20125
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/908
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016110
http://www.osvdb.org/25571
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434145
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18007
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1831
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26494
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0384.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20125
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/908

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