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CVE-2003-1156 JRE

Affected softwareJRE
Severity4.6 Medium CVSS 2.0
Published31 Dec 2003
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.4.2 through 1.4.2_02 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) unpack.log, as created by the unpack program, or (2) .mailcap1 and .mime.types1, as created by the RPM program.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 22 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.50% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

VRT has not found a public code change for this CVE yet.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read
Finding This CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

2 products, 4 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd sun jdk javase 1.4.2 · 1.4.2_02
nvd sun jre javase 1.4.2 · 1.4.2:update2

References

URLTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/343038 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8937
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13570

Timeline

Published2003-12-31By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.