CVE-2005-2527 Information

Description

Race condition in Java 1.4.2 before 1.4.2 Release 2 on Apple Mac OS X allows local users to corrupt files or create arbitrary files via unspecified attack vectors related to a temporary directory possibly due to a symlink attack.

Reference

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302266 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00001.html http://secunia.com/advisories/16808 http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-306.shtml http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14825 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1734 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22262