CVE-2020-17534 Information
Jun 07, 2022
cve
Description
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
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Reference
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction Required
LOW
Scope
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
UNCHANGED
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Base Score
HIGH
Base Severity
7.0
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