Arbitrary Code Execution via Class Loading Vulnerability in Java Virtual Machine

CVE-2003-0896 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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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