CVE-2005-2527 describes a race condition in Sun Java 1.4.2 before Release 2 on Apple Mac OS X, allowing local users to corrupt or create arbitrary files. This vulnerability, likely a symlink attack related to temporary directories, has a low CVSS score of 1.2, indicating low impact (partial integrity) and high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not a current threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.4.2_release1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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