CVE-2014-1876
Oracle Java SE/JavaSE Embedded Symlink Attack File Overwrite Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 10, 2014, 11:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
3.4
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737562 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/102808 Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0675.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0685.html Added Reference http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/242 Added Reference http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/285 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/58415 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59058 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2912 Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65568 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2187-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2191-1 Added Reference http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080 Added Reference http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746 Added Reference http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679713 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060907 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 22, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0685.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0675.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Translated by [email protected]
Aug. 23, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Translation La función unpacker::redirect_stdio en unpack.cpp en unpack200 en OpenJDK 6, 7 y 8 y Oracle Java JDK, no crea ficheros temporales de forma segura cuando un fichero de registro no puede abrirse, lo que permite a usuarios locales sobreescribir archivos arbitrarios a través de un attaque symlink en /tmp/unpack.log. Added Translation La función unpacker::redirect_stdio en unpack.cpp en unpack200 en OpenJDK 6, 7 y 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51 y 8; JRockit R27.8.1 y R28.3.1; y Java SE Embedded 7u51 no crea de manera segura archivos temporales cuando un archivo de registro no puede abrirse, lo que permite a usuarios locales sobreescribir archivos arbitrarios a través de un ataque de enlace simbólico en /tmp/unpack.log. -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 23, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 11, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-1876 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-1876
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.05 }} -0.01%
score
0.12164
percentile