The Hotspot component in OpenJDK8 as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213365
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75933
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1228.html
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2017-07-25
Updated: 2024-11-21
Base Score: 2.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Severity: Low
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity: Medium