CVE-2005-1973 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Java Web Start, affecting Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 and 5.0 Update 1. This flaw allowed malicious applications to assign elevated permissions to themselves, thereby gaining unauthorized privileges. With a CVSS score of 5.1, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high access complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:5.0:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0_update1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:5.0_update1:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.