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A vulnerability was found in Sun Java Web Start (Programming Language Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Sandbox. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Java Web Start in Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 and 5.0 Update 1 allows applications to assign permissions to themselves and gain privileges.
The weakness was presented 06/13/2005 by Adam Gowdiak with SUN (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1973 since 06/14/2005. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18480 (Sun Java JRE / Web Start Java Plug-in Untrusted Applet Privilege Escalation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.
Upgrading to version 5.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at java.sun.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20995) and Tenable (18480). Further details are available at vuldb.com. See 1564 and 1831 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4
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Class: Remote Code ExecutionCWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 18480
Nessus Name: Sun Java JRE / Web Start Java Plug-in Untrusted Applet Privilege Escalation
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OpenVAS ID: 835076
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Java Web Start 5.0
Patch: java.sun.com
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Researcher: Adam Gowdiak
Organization: SUN
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2005-1973 (🔍)
X-Force: 20995
SecurityTracker: 1014191 - Java Web Start java-vm-args Lets Remote Users Access and Execute Files on the Target User's System
Vulnerability Center: 8334 - Privilege Elevation in J2SE 5.0 and 5.0 Update 1, Medium
SecurityFocus: 13958 - Sun Java Runtime Environment Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 15671 - Java Web Start / Sun JRE Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 17299 - Sun Java Web Start Untrusted Application Privilege Escalation
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Entry
Created: 06/16/2005 12:04Updated: 03/11/2021 15:34
Changes: 06/16/2005 12:04 (81), 10/08/2018 15:44 (11), 03/11/2021 15:34 (2)
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