CVE-2009-0278

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-01-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Sun Java System Application Server (AS) 8.1 and 8.2 allows remote attackers to read the Web Application configuration files in the (1) WEB-INF or (2) META-INF directory via a malformed request.

Affected products

Sun Java System Application Server: 8.1, 8.2

References

http://osvdb.org/51604
http://secunia.com/advisories/33725
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-119166-35-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-245446-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33397
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0208
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48161
http://osvdb.org/51604
http://secunia.com/advisories/33725
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-119166-35-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-245446-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33397

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