CVE-2003-0896

N/A Unknown
Published: November 17, 2003 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

The loadClass method of the sun.applet.AppletClassLoader class in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in Sun SDK and JRE 1.4.1_03 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass sandbox restrictions and execute arbitrary code via a loaded class name that contains "/" (slash) instead of "." (dot) characters, which bypasses a call to the Security Manager's checkPackageAccess method.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lsd-pl.net/code/JVM/jre.tar.gz
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106692334503819&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57221
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200356-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6028
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342580
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342583
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8879
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lsd-pl.net/code/JVM/jre.tar.gz
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106692334503819&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57221
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200356-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6028
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342580
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342583
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8879
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
26.2%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

sun