Vulnerability in Apache Html\/java API
CVE-2020-17534
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
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Html\/java API — versions 1.7
- Apache Netbeans Html/java API — versions v1.7
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra6119c0cdfccf051a846fa11b61364f5df9e7db93c310706a… (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-17534?
- CVE-2020-17534 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Html\/java API, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2021-01-11.
- How severe is CVE-2020-17534?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.