CVE-2005-1973 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Java 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.

Published: 2005-06-14

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:5.0::sdk:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:5.0_update1::sdk:::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-1975	Java 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00408.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112870351003598&w=2
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/61
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101748-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13945
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13958

History

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Subscriptions

Sun J2se

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-14T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:06:57.839Z

Reserved: 2005-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1973

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-06-16T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1973

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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