CVE-2020-17534
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Publication date:
11/01/2021
Last modified:
20/01/2021
Description
There exists a race condition between the deletion of the temporary file and the creation of the temporary directory in `webkit` subproject of HTML/Java API version 1.7. A similar vulnerability has recently been disclosed in other Java projects and the fix in HTML/Java API version 1.7.1 follows theirs: To avoid local privilege escalation version 1.7.1 creates the temporary directory atomically without dealing with the temporary file: https://github.com/apache/netbeans-html4j/commit/fa70e507e5555e1adb4f6518479fc408a7abd0e6
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.00
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
4.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:apache:html\/java_api:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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