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icedtea-web: path traversal while processing <jar/> elements of JNLP files results in arbitrary file overwrite

Published Jul 31, 2019

Description

It was found that icedtea-web though 1.7.2 and 1.8.2 did not properly sanitize paths from <jar/> elements in JNLP files. An attacker could trick a victim into running a specially crafted application and use this flaw to upload arbitrary files to arbitrary locations in the context of the user.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jul 31, 2019
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved Mar 27, 2019
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Jul 31, 2019