CVE-2005-1973

Summary

CVECVE-2005-1973
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-06-16 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2016-10-18 03:23:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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

References

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