{
    "id": "CVE-2003-0896",
    "published": "2003-11-17 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:03:08",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.14318",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96508",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:04",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "sun",
            "product": "jre"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "23276",
            "title": "Sun Java Virtual Machine 1.x - Slash Path Security Model Circumvention",
            "date": "2003-10-22",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23276"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "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"
    ]
}