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CVE-2003-0896

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2003-11-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Sun Jre

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References