CVE-2000-0563 — 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

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HIGH

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

Published Jul 12, 2000

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.64%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.64% 0.02641

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02641

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.64% (0.02641)	85.05th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.59% (0.02590)	83.22th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.47% (0.00474)	62.72th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.42% (0.00417)	74.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.42% (0.00417)	73.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.42% (0.00417)	70.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00954)	36.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 2, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	34.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	32.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	16.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

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

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

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 12, 2000

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jul 11, 2000

Link CVE-2000-0563

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2000-0563

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2000-0563