The LiveConnect implementation in plugin/icedteanp/IcedTeaNPPlugin.cc in IcedTea-Web before 1.4.2 allows local users to read the messages between a Java applet and a web browser by pre-creating a temporary socket file with a predictable name in /tmp.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-6493 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (icedtea-web) | RHBA-2014:1417 | 2014-10-13 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | icedtea-web | Not affected |
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