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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2021-01-11T15:33:28

Updated: 2024-08-04T14:00:49.085Z

Reserved: 2020-08-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-17534

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Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-01-11T16:15:14.867

Modified: 2021-01-20T15:57:23.820

Link: CVE-2020-17534

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