CVE-2005-1974

Unspecified vulnerability in Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 and 5.0 Update 1 and J2SE 1.4.2 up to 1.4.2_07, as used in multiple products and platforms including (1) HP-UX and (2) APC PowerChute, allows applications to assign permissions to themselves and gain privileges.

Published: 2005-06-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1974 is rated Moderate Risk (50.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.44%). EPSS rose +1.42% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1974

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.02% 2.44% +1.42%
2 2025-03-30 1.06% 1.02% -0.05%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.06% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1974

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1974

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1974

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun j2se 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_01 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_01:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_02 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_02:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_03 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_03:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_04 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_04:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_05 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_05:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_06 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_06:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_07 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_07:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:5.0:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 5.0_update1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:5.0_update1:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1974

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