CVE-2020-17534

There exists a race condition between the deletion of the temporary file and the creation of the temporary directory in `webkit` subproject of HTML/Java API version 1.7. A similar vulnerability has recently been disclosed in other Java projects and the fix in HTML/Java API version 1.7.1 follows theirs: To avoid local privilege escalation version 1.7.1 creates the temporary directory atomically without dealing with the temporary file: https://github.com/apache/netbeans-html4j/commit/fa70e507e5555e1adb4f6518479fc408a7abd0e6
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:apache:html\/java_api:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2021-01-11 16:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:08


NVD link : CVE-2020-17534

Mitre link : CVE-2020-17534

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-17534


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Products Affected

apache

  • html\/java_api
CWE
CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')