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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2020-17534 – Apache HTML/Java API privilege escalation

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2020-17534

Apache HTML/Java API could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a race condition between the deletion of the temporary file and the creation of the temporary directory in “webkit” subproject. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.

Impact

Gain Privileges

Affected Vendors

Apache

Affected Products

Apache HTML/Java API 1.7

Remediation

Upgrade to the latest version of HTML/Java API (1.7.1 or later)

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