CVE-2005-0471 — Sun Java JRE 1.1.x through 1.4.x writes temporary files with long filenames that become predictable on a file system that uses 8.3 style short names, which allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files to known locations and facilitates the exploitation of vulnerabilities in applications that rely on unpredictable file names

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Sun Java JRE 1.1.x through 1.4.x writes temporary files with long filenames that become predictable on a file system that uses 8.3 style short names, which allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files to known locations and facilitates the exploitation of vulnerabilities in applications that rely on unpredictable file names

Published Feb 19, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.77%

Description

Sun Java JRE 1.1.x through 1.4.x writes temporary files with long filenames that become predictable on a file system that uses 8.3 style short names, which allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files to known locations and facilitates the exploitation of vulnerabilities in applications that rely on unpredictable file names.

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.77% 0.02766

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02766

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	2.77% (0.02766)	85.80th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.77% (0.02766)	84.34th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.17% (0.01168)	77.17th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.46% (0.00461)	76.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.46% (0.00461)	74.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.46% (0.00461)	71.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/11070/
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-7/advisory/
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544392
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19285
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/11070/		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-7/advisory/		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544392		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19285		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 19, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Feb 18, 2005

Link CVE-2005-0471

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-0471

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-0471