CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0418

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Argument injection vulnerability in Java Web Start for J2SE 1.4.2 up to 1.4.2_06 on Mac OS X allows untrusted applications to gain privileges via the value parameter of a property tag in a JNLP file.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious code with elevated privileges, compromising system confidentiality and integrity.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade J2SE to a version later than 1.4.2_06 or apply the security patch provided by the vendor.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Argument injection vulnerability in Java Web Start for J2SE 1.4.2 up to 1.4.2_06, on Mac OS X, allows untrusted applications to gain privileges via the value parameter of a property tag in a JNLP file. NOTE: it is highly likely that this item will be MERGED with CVE-2005-0836.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS