CVE-2011-2514

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    CVE-2011-2514

    Published: 14 May 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) implementation in IcedTea6 1.9.x before 1.9.9 and before 1.8.9, and IcedTea-Web 1.1.x before 1.1.1 and before 1.0.4, allows remote attackers to trick victims into granting access to local files by modifying the content of the Java Web Start Security Warning dialog box to represent a different filename than the file for which access will be granted.

    References: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2011-July/015171.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1100.html, http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2011-July/015171.html, http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1178-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718170, http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.0/rev/b99f9a9769e0, http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.1/rev/512de5d90388, http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2011-July/015170.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1025854

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High