Bug 1797101 (CVE-2019-4732) - CVE-2019-4732 IBM JDK: untrusted DLL search path vulnerability
Summary: CVE-2019-4732 IBM JDK: untrusted DLL search path vulnerability
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2019-4732
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1785754
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Reported: 2020-01-31 21:53 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2020-02-06 02:53 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2020-01-31 22:20:06 UTC
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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.
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