Vulnerability in Sun Jdk

CVE-2005-0471

Sun Java JRE 1.1.x through 1.4.x writes temporary files with long filenames that become predictable on a file system that uses 8.3 style short names, which allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files to known locations and facilitates the exploitation of vulnerabilities in applications that rely on unpredictable file names.

EPSS: 0.028 (84.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Sun Jdk — versions 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.3.0
  • Sun Jre — versions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3.0
  • N/a — versions n/a

References