The Solaris Management Console (SMC) in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 generates different 404 error messages when a file does not exist versus when a file exists but is otherwise inaccessible, which could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information in conjunction with a directory traversal (..) attack.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1354
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16146
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1482
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11616/
• http://spoofed.org/files/text/solaris-smc-advisory.txt
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57559-1&searchclause=%22category:security%22%20%20111313-02
• http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=4105
• http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/focus-sun/2003-10/0032.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=6119
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10349
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8873