CVEs-PoC/2014/CVE-2014-1876.md

### [CVE-2014-1876](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1876)
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### Description

The unpacker::redirect_stdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 does not securely create temporary files when a log file cannot be opened, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/unpack.log.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html

#### Github
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