CVE-2014-1876

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
10/02/2014
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*


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