CVE-2003-0896 (GCVE-0-2003-0896)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-10-25 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8879 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342583 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=f… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT |
| http://lsd-pl.net/code/JVM/jre.tar.gz | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6028 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342580 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106692334503819&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
Date Public
2003-10-22 00:00
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