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CVE-2005-1974

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1974 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) versions 5.0, 5.0 Update 1, and 1.4.2 up to 1.4.2_07, impacting products like HP-UX and APC PowerChute. This flaw allows applications to self-assign permissions, leading to privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 5.1, it has a network attack vector and high access complexity, potentially resulting in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2_01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_01:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2_02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_02:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2_03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_03:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2_04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_04:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0244 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
marc.info
nam-en.apc.com / cgi-bin/nam_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php
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
secunia.com / advisories/17272
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/56
securitytracker.com / id
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Vendor Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_32_java2.html
securityfocus.com / bid/13958
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2150
Vendor Advisory