Privilege escalation in Oracle Java SE - CVE-2017-10067

 

Privilege escalation in Oracle Java SE - CVE-2017-10067

Published: September 5, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8096
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10067
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges.

The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and gain privileged access to the system.

Affected software

Oracle Java SE
IBM AIX
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Satellite
IBM Cognos Controller

How to mitigate CVE-2017-10067

Install update form vendor's website.


External References

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