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TI-2006-03059 Aliases CVE-2006-3159GHSA-fchx-26w9-f2f4

pipe_master in Sun ONE/iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.16 (built May 14 2003)…

Priority LOW 11Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00343 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_messaging_server:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2VulnerableSun
cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_messaging_server:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2VulnerableSun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:iplanet_messaging_server:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2 Vulnerable ·Sun
  • cpe:2.3:a:sun:one_messaging_server:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2 Vulnerable ·Sun

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-3159
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fchx-26w9-f2f4

References

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2006-05297 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Webmail in Sun Java System Messaging Server… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2004-02636 Webmail in Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.1 and iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 before 5.2hf2.02… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2004-02635 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Webmail in Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.1 and… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2005-01910 Unknown vulnerability in Webmail in iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 1 and Sun ONE… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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