Bug 1797101 (CVE-2019-4732)

Summary:	CVE-2019-4732 IBM JDK: untrusted DLL search path vulnerability
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	bkearney, java-qa, tlestach
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Description Tomas Hoger 2020-01-31 21:53:25 UTC

IBM JDK 8 SR6 FP5 (8.0.6.5) fixes a flaw described by upstream as:

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Version could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by DLL search order hijacking vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client. By placing a specially-crafted file in a compromised folder, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.

Note: CVE-2019-4732 is only applicable on Microsoft Windows.

References:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1288060
https://developer.ibm.com/javasdk/support/security-vulnerabilities/#IBM_Security_Update_January_2020

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2020-01-31 22:20:06 UTC

Upstream advisory notes that this only affected IBM JDK versions for Microsoft Windows.  Version for other platforms were not affected.