CVE-2005-2527: Sun Java

Low severity, CVSS 1.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in Java 1.4.2 before 1.4.2 Release 2 on Apple Mac OS X allows local users to corrupt files or create arbitrary files via unspecified attack vectors related to a temporary directory, possibly due to a symlink attack.

Affected products

• Sun Java: up to and including 1.4.2_release1

Published 2005-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.