CVE-2003-0896 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2003-10-25

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 26.2% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.26234.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lsd-pl.net/code/JVM/jre.tar.gz
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106692334503819&w=2
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/57221
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200356-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/6028
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342580
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342583
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8879

History

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Sun Jre

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-10-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:12.818Z

Reserved: 2003-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0896

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-11-17T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0896

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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