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CVE-2014-1876

Published: Feb 10, 2014Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-59
NVD MITRE
4.4CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 63.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The 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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

openjdkoracle
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Java Development KitOracle Corp.
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries
n/an/a
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.
oracle corp.commercialUSDatabasesaka oracle

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
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References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737562
bugs.debian.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2
marc.info
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Timeline

Published
Feb 10, 2014
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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