CVE-2005-2527

Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Race condition in Java 1.4.2 before 1.4.2 Release 2 on Apple Mac OS X allows local users to corrupt files or create arbitrary files via unspecified attack vectors related to a temporary directory, possibly due to a symlink attack.

Affected products

Sun Java: through 1.4.2_release1

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302266
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16808
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-306.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14825
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1734
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22262
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302266
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16808
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-306.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14825

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