Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the PersistenceService in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 and earlier, for Windows allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an application that grants file overwrite privileges to itself. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code by overwriting a .java.policy file.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2384 ↗
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018328 ↗
- http://osvdb.org/37755 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35169 ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25823 ↗
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102957-1 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28115 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472673/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24695 ↗