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Java 2 Platform Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA25069
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Release Date:
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2007-05-01
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Last Update:
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2007-05-07
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Popularity:
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10,976 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Sun Java Enterprise System 5.x
Sun Java JDK 1.5.x
Sun Java JRE 1.4.x
Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x
Sun Java SDK 1.4.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-2435
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Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in the Java Web Start of the Java 2 Platform, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the use of system classes. This can e.g. be exploited to read and write to local files via malicious Java Web Start Applications.
The vulnerability is reported in Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 and earlier for Windows, Solaris and Linux.
Solution:
Update to Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 11 or later, or Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 or later.
-- J2SE 5.0 --
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp
-- J2SE 5.0 Update 11 for Solaris --
J2SE 5.0: update 11 (as delivered in patch 118666-11 or later)
J2SE 5.0: update 11 (as delivered in patch 118667-11 or later (64bit))
J2SE 5.0_x86: update 11 (as delivered in patch 118668-11 or later)
J2SE 5.0_x86: update 11 (as delivered in patch 118669-11 or later (64bit))
--- J2SE 1.4.2 --
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
Note that vulnerable versions should be removed from the system.
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits the Fujitsu security team.
Changelog:
2007-05-07: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102881-1
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