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CVE-2006-3159

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-06-22 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Sun Iplanet Messaging Server: 5.2
• Sun One Messaging Server: 5.2

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/046920.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20919
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016312
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016416
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102496-1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18749
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2633
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27220
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-June/046920.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20919
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016312
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016416

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