CVE-2005-1973

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Sun J2Se: 5.0, 5.0_update1

References

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
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

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