CVE-2000-0563

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The URLConnection function in MacOS Runtime Java (MRJ) 2.1 and earlier and the Microsoft virtual machine (VM) for MacOS allows a malicious web site operator to connect to arbitrary hosts using a HTTP redirection, in violation of the Java security model.

Affected products

Apple Mac Os Runtime For Java: through 2.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0056.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1336
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-05-8&msg=391C95DE2DA.5E3BTAKAGI%40java-house.etl.go.jp
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0056.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1336
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-05-8&msg=391C95DE2DA.5E3BTAKAGI%40java-house.etl.go.jp

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