CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-1876

4.4 MEDIUM Published 2014-02-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-02-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

The unpacker::redirect_stdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 does not securely create temporary files when a log file cannot be opened, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/unpack.log.

Affected configurations

• oracle openjdk 1.6.0 • oracle openjdk 1.7.0 • oracle openjdk 1.8.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References