Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in ASTAware SearchDisk engine for Sun ONE Starter Kit 2.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack on port (1) 6015 or (2) 6016, or (3) an absolute pathname to port 6017.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Sun ONE Starter Kit 2.0 / ASTAware SearchDisc 3.1 - Search Engine Directory Traversal EDB-21879 · webapps · Sep 30, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20020929 [LoWNOISE] "Get Knowledge" SunONE Starter Kit - Sun Microsystems/Astaware mailing-list
- 5828 vdb-entry
- sunone-starterkit-search-traversal(10225) vdb-entry