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title: "CVE-2016-0603\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0603?format=md
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# CVE-2016-0603

Publication date 8 February 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java SE component in Oracle Java SE 6u111,
7u95, 8u71, and 8u72, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to
affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors
related to Install. NOTE: the previous information is from Oracle's
Security Alert for CVE-2016-0603. Oracle has not commented on third-party
claims that this is an untrusted search path issue that allows local users
to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dll in the "application directory."

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0603?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openjdk-6 | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| openjdk-7 | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| openjdk-8 | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

windows only

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0603)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0603)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-0603)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0603)

### Other references

* <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2016-0603-2874360.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0603>