CVE-2005-1973

Summary

CVECVE-2005-1973
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-06-16 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionJava 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sun J2se 5.0 All sdk All
Application Sun J2se 5.0_update1 All sdk All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#101748: Security Vulnerability With Java Web Start af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Vendor Advisory
Sun Java Web Start Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Sun Java Runtime Environment Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityReason - HP-UX Java Web Start remote unauthorized privileged access af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
'[security bulletin] SSRT051003 rev.1 - HP-UX Java Web Start remote unauthorized privileged access' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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