CVE-2000-0563

High CVSS 10

Published 2000-10-20 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0563, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0563

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C