15435 : Sun JDK / SDK Jar Handling Traversal Arbitrary File Overwrite
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10 months ago

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Disclosure
Apr 11, 2005

Discovery
Apr 09, 2005

Dates

Exploit
Apr 11, 2005

Solution
Unknown

Description

 The Jar utility provided with Java's JDK/SDK allows the extraction of files with names that traverse the directory structure of host system. This could be used to create a malicious Jar that will overwrite arbitrary files on the host system when it is extracted.

Classification

 Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Technical

 If a malicious jar file is created including a file with a name such as, ../../../../../<directory>/<filename>, when this jar is extracted, it will overwrite a file matching /<directory>/<filename>.

Solution

 Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Watch-list
JDK/JRE
Watch-list
 1.1
1.2
SDK
Watch-list
 1.4.2
1.5.0
JDK/JRE
Watch-list
 1.1
1.4

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