Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23566Privilege Escalation
EPSS
Percentile
94.3%
java is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The vulnerability exists as a flaw in the Java Runtime Environment Virtual Machine code generation functionality could allow untrusted applets to extend their privileges. An untrusted applet could extend its privileges, allowing it to read and write local files, as well as execute local applications with the privileges of the user running the applet.
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