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CVE-2009-0278 Sun Java System Application Server

Affected softwareSun Java System Application Server
Severity5.0 Medium CVSS 2.0
WeaknessInformation exposure (CWE-200)
Published27 Jan 2009
Updated16 Jun 2026

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.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 17 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 2.2% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

VRT has not found a public code change for this CVE yet.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read
Finding This CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

1 product, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd sun java system application server generic 8.1 · 8.2

References

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

Timeline

Published2009-01-27By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.