CVE-2020-17534

Published Jan 11, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.0 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-1131 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
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-ppc3-fpvh-7396 Improper synchronization in Apache Netbeans HTML/Java API
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 2:00 PM
Reserved
Aug 12, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 11, 2021, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:59 AM