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Sun Java Insecure Installation Process Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA10141
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Release Date:
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2003-11-05
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Popularity:
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10,360 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Sun Java JRE 1.4.x
Sun Java SDK 1.4.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Java, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to overwrite arbitrary files during the installation process.
The problem is that the files "/tmp/unpack.log", "/tmp/.mailcap1", and "/tmp/.mime.types1" are created insecurely. This allows malicious users to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files.
The vulnerability only affects Sun Java on Linux during the installation process.
This has been reported to affect versions 1.4.2 to 1.4.2_02.
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