CVE-2020-17534 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2020-17534 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 11/01/2021 | CVE Updated: 04/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2020
Source: apache | Vendor: n/a | Product: Apache NetBeans HTML/Java API
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2020-17534 Description

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

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CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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CWE Name: Information Disclosure
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).