Symlink Attack Vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.4.2 through 1.4.2_02

CVE-2003-1156 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.4.2 through 1.4.2_02 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) unpack.log, as created by the unpack program, or (2) .mailcap1 and .mime.types1, as created by the RPM program.

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