4.4

CVE-2014-1876: oracle openjdk Link Following

CVSS: 4.4v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-1876
Published 10-02-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-1876 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) Link Following vulnerability in oracle openjdk. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 18 · Related 2
DSA-2912-1DSA-2923-1MGASA-2014-0189OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10534-1RHSA-2014:0406RHSA-2014:0407

Timeline

  1. 10-02-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.46% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Oracle1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • openjdk-7< 7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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