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CVE-2003-1156

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.4.2 through 1.4.2_02 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) unpack.log, as created by the unpack program, or (2) .mailcap1 and .mime.types1, as created by the RPM program.

Affected products

• Sun Jdk: 1.4.2, 1.4.2_02
• Sun Jre: 1.4.2, 1.4.2-update2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/343038
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8937
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13570
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/343038
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8937
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13570

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