Advisory Details

November 19th, 2014

Oracle Java jp2launcher.exe Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-6466
CVSS SCORE	4.6, AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Oracle
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Java Runtime
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Oracle Java. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of paths within jp2launcher.exe. The issue lies in assumptions made in preparation for the call to java.exe. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code as the current user with medium integrity.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-10-06 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-11-19 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Yuki Chen of Qihoo

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