Directory traversal vulnerability in the PersistenceService in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 and earlier, for Windows allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an application that grants file overwrite privileges to itself. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code by overwriting a .java.policy file.
Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (ID 22)
Related CAPEC 7
Relative Path Traversal (CAPEC-ID 139)
Directory Traversal (CAPEC-ID 213)
File System Function Injection, Content Based (CAPEC-ID 23)
Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic (CAPEC-ID 64)
Manipulating Input to File System Calls (CAPEC-ID 76)
Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding (CAPEC-ID 78)
Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding (CAPEC-ID 79)