There exists a race condition between the deletion of the temporary file and the creation of the temporary directory in webkit subproject of HTML/Java API version 1.7. A similar vulnerability has recently been disclosed in other Java projects and the fix in HTML/Java API version 1.7.1 follows theirs: To avoid local privilege escalation version 1.7.1 creates the temporary directory atomically without dealing with the temporary file.
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"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2021-04-06T22:32:25Z",
"severity": "HIGH",
"nvd_published_at": "2021-01-11T16:15:00Z",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-362"
]
}