Directory traversal vulnerability in the PersistenceService in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 and earlier, for Windows allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an application that grants file overwrite privileges to itself. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code by overwriting a .java.policy file.
2007-06-30T01:30:00.000
2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Deferred
CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.6
10.0
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Operating System | microsoft | windows | * | No |
Application | sun | jdk | ≤ 1.5.0 | Yes |
Application | sun | jre | ≤ 1.4.2 | Yes |
Application | sun | jre | ≤ 1.5.0 | Yes |
Application | sun | sdk | ≤ 1.4.2_13 | Yes |