CWE-382βJ2EE Bad Practices: Use of System.exit()
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released 2006-07-19 Β· last modified 2025-12-11
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Weakness Name
J2EE Bad Practices: Use of System.exit()
Description
A J2EE application uses System.exit(), which also shuts down its container.
It is never a good idea for a web application to attempt to shut down the application container. Access to a function that can shut down the application is an avenue for Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.