CVE-2005-1974

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 and 5.0 Update 1 and J2SE 1.4.2 up to 1.4.2_07, as used in multiple products and platforms including (1) HP-UX and (2) APC PowerChute, allows applications to assign permissions to themselves and gain privileges.

Affected products

Sun J2Se: 1.4.2, 1.4.2_01, 1.4.2_02, 1.4.2_03, 1.4.2_04, 1.4.2_05 (+4)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112861772130119&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112992075412844&w=2
http://nam-en.apc.com/cgi-bin/nam_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=7638
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/suse/updates/9.3/i386/rpm/i586/java-1_4_2-sun-src-1.4.2.08-0.1.i586.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17272
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/56
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015643
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101749-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101799-1
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_32_java2.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13958
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2150

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