CVE-2014-1876

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-1876
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-10 23:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe unpacker::redirect_stdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 does not securely create temporary files when a log file cannot be opened, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/unpack.log.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.000760000 probability, percentile 0.225550000 (date 2026-05-04)

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Oracle Openjdk 1.6.0 All All All
Application Oracle Openjdk 1.7.0 All All All
Application Oracle Openjdk 1.8.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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'[security bulletin] HPSBUX03091 SSRT101667 rev.1 - HP-UX running Java7, Remote Unauthorized Access, ' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - April 2014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
#737562 - unpack200: CVE-2014-1876: insecure use of /tmp - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Security Advisory SA58415 - Ubuntu update for openjdk-6 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-2191-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Bug 1060907 – CVE-2014-1876 OpenJDK: insecure temporary file use in unpack200 (Libraries, 8033618) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
IBM Security Bulletin: InfoSphere Streams is possibly affected by vulnerabilities in the IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition (CVE-2014-0453 and CVE-2014-0460) - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Multiple Oracle Java Products 'unpack.cpp' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
osvdb.org/102808 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- IcedTea JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
oss-sec: Re: CVE request and heads-up on insecure temp file handling in unpack200 (OpenJDK, Oracle Java) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
IBM Security Bulletin: IBM Lotus Expeditor fixes for multiple vulnerabilities in IBM JRE - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com
Security Advisory SA59058 - IBM Lotus Expeditor Multiple Java Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-sec: CVE request and heads-up on insecure temp file handling in unpack200 (OpenJDK, Oracle Java) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2912-1 openjdk-6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-2187-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 2.1 Fix Pack 5 (SCP - 2.1.0.5) - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX03092 SSRT101668 rev.1 - HP-UX running Java6, Remote Unauthorized Access, ' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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