CVE-2008-2402

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-06-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Admin Server in Sun Java Active Server Pages (ASP) Server before 4.0.3 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to read password hashes and configuration data via direct requests for unspecified documents.

Affected products

Sun Java Asp Server: through 4.0.2; 4.0

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=706
http://secunia.com/advisories/30523
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238184-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29540
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020187
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1742/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42828
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=706
http://secunia.com/advisories/30523
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238184-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29540
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020187

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