FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version " 1.6.0_24 "
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_24-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 19.1-b02, mixed mode, sharing)

java version " 1.6.0_38 "
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_38-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 20.13-b02, mixed mode, sharing)

java version " 1.7.0_21 "
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_21-b11)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 23.21-b01, mixed mode, sharing)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002] (Client...where visualvm is being executed)
SunOS ocie 5.10 Generic_147441-09 i86pc i386 i86pc (Server where process to be monitored is running)


EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
I tried this running with a rather standard setup, and again using a SOCKS proxy through a SSH tunnel.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
I am trying to run jvisualvm remotely and am having no luck. When I run it on my laptop, connecting to a server I get the permissions error below.

I added some Thread.sleeps in my code to coordinate my efforts, and it seems to be dying at the same place (or near) every time, and I think it may have something to do with a 3rd party library I am using. (A commerical library I cannot provide you with.) However, I cannot figure out why my visualvm (both the one included in the JDKs and 1.3.5 that I downloaded separately) fails; I would think that a monitored program could not cause visualVM (on another computer) to fail. This happens both with 6_38, 6_24, and 7_21

I was hoping that by looking at the stack trace, it could be determined what I going on. I have the stacks for 6_38, 6_24, and 7_21. All seem to be exactly the same.

Stack trace using 6_38

java.lang.SecurityException: attempt to add a Permission to a readonly Permissions object
at java.security.Permissions.add(Permissions.java:127)
at java.security.Policy$UnsupportedEmptyCollection.add(Policy.java:837)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.getLoaderAccessControlContext(LoaderHandler.java:1005)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.lookupLoader(LoaderHandler.java:881)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.loadClass(LoaderHandler.java:404)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.loadClass(LoaderHandler.java:184)
at java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader$2.loadClass(RMIClassLoader.java:637)
at java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader.loadClass(RMIClassLoader.java:264)
at sun.rmi.server.MarshalInputStream.resolveClass(MarshalInputStream.java:222)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1610)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1515)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1769)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1348)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.unmarshalValue(UnicastRef.java:324)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:307)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:177)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:174)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:173)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:553)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:808)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:667)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(StreamRemoteCall.java:255)
at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(StreamRemoteCall.java:233)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:142)
at com.sun.jmx.remote.internal.PRef.invoke(Unknown Source)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl_Stub.getAttribute(Unknown Source)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnector$RemoteMBeanServerConnection.getAttribute(RMIConnector.java:878)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor28.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jmx.impl.JmxModelImpl$CheckerInvocationHandler.invoke(JmxModelImpl.java:598)
at $Proxy8.getAttribute(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.MXBeanProxy$GetHandler.invoke(MXBeanProxy.java:106)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.MXBeanProxy.invoke(MXBeanProxy.java:148)
at javax.management.MBeanServerInvocationHandler.invoke(MBeanServerInvocationHandler.java:248)
at $Proxy9.getUptime(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvm.MonitoredDataImpl.<init>(MonitoredDataImpl.java:90)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvm.JmxSupport$1.run(JmxSupport.java:246)
at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:512)

Stack trace using 7_21
java.lang.SecurityException: attempt to add a Permission to a readonly Permissions object
at java.security.Permissions.add(Permissions.java:127)
at java.security.Policy$UnsupportedEmptyCollection.add(Policy.java:837)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.getLoaderAccessControlContext(LoaderHandler.java:1005)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.lookupLoader(LoaderHandler.java:881)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.loadClass(LoaderHandler.java:404)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.loadClass(LoaderHandler.java:184)
at java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader$2.loadClass(RMIClassLoader.java:637)
at java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader.loadClass(RMIClassLoader.java:264)
at sun.rmi.server.MarshalInputStream.resolveClass(MarshalInputStream.java:222)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1610)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1515)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1769)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1348)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.unmarshalValue(UnicastRef.java:324)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:307)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:177)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:174)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:173)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:553)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:808)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:667)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(StreamRemoteCall.java:273)
at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(StreamRemoteCall.java:251)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:160)
at com.sun.jmx.remote.internal.PRef.invoke(Unknown Source)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl_Stub.isInstanceOf(Unknown Source)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnector$RemoteMBeanServerConnection.isInstanceOf(RMIConnector.java:1097)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jmx.impl.JmxModelImpl$CheckerInvocationHandler.invoke(JmxModelImpl.java:598)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy8.isInstanceOf(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.management.ManagementFactory.newPlatformMXBeanProxy(ManagementFactory.java:597)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.tools.jmx.JvmMXBeansFactory$JvmMXBeansImpl.getMXBean(JvmMXBeansFactory.java:383)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.tools.jmx.JvmMXBeansFactory$JvmMXBeansImpl.getRuntimeMXBean(JvmMXBeansFactory.java:356)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jmx.impl.JmxApplication.getPid(JmxApplication.java:84)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvmstat.JvmstatModelProvider.getMonitoredVm(JvmstatModelProvider.java:49)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvmstat.JvmstatModelProvider.createModelFor(JvmstatModelProvider.java:71)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvmstat.JvmstatModelProvider.createModelFor(JvmstatModelProvider.java:45)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.core.model.ModelFactory.getModel(ModelFactory.java:111)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.tools.jvmstat.JvmstatModelFactory.getJvmstatFor(JvmstatModelFactory.java:65)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvm.JRockitJvmProvider.createModelFor(JRockitJvmProvider.java:49)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvm.JRockitJvmProvider.createModelFor(JRockitJvmProvider.java:42)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.core.model.ModelFactory.getModel(ModelFactory.java:111)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.application.jvm.JvmFactory.getJVMFor(JvmFactory.java:65)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jmx.impl.JmxApplicationProvider.addJmxApplication(JmxApplicationProvider.java:305)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jmx.impl.JmxApplicationProvider.access$100(JmxApplicationProvider.java:74)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jmx.impl.JmxApplicationProvider$3$1.run(JmxApplicationProvider.java:422)
at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(RequestProcessor.java:1452)
[catch] at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Processor.run(RequestProcessor.java:2032)

Stack using 6_24
java.lang.SecurityException: attempt to add a Permission to a readonly Permissions object
at java.security.Permissions.add(Permissions.java:127)
at java.security.Policy$UnsupportedEmptyCollection.add(Policy.java:837)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.getLoaderAccessControlContext(LoaderHandler.java:1005)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.lookupLoader(LoaderHandler.java:881)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.loadClass(LoaderHandler.java:404)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.loadClass(LoaderHandler.java:184)
at java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader$2.loadClass(RMIClassLoader.java:637)
at java.rmi.server.RMIClassLoader.loadClass(RMIClassLoader.java:264)
at sun.rmi.server.MarshalInputStream.resolveClass(MarshalInputStream.java:222)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1610)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1515)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1769)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1348)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.unmarshalValue(UnicastRef.java:324)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:307)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:177)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:174)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:173)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:553)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:808)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:667)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(StreamRemoteCall.java:255)
at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(StreamRemoteCall.java:233)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:142)
at com.sun.jmx.remote.internal.PRef.invoke(Unknown Source)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl_Stub.isInstanceOf(Unknown Source)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnector$RemoteMBeanServerConnection.isInstanceOf(RMIConnector.java:1073)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jmx.impl.JmxModelImpl$CheckerInvocationHandler.invoke(JmxModelImpl.java:599)
at $Proxy7.isInstanceOf(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.management.ManagementFactory.newPlatformMXBeanProxy(ManagementFactory.java:616)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.tools.jmx.JvmMXBeansFactory$JvmMXBeansImpl.getMXBean(JvmMXBeansFactory.java:383)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.tools.jmx.JvmMXBeansFactory$JvmMXBeansImpl.getRuntimeMXBean(JvmMXBeansFactory.java:356)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jmx.impl.JmxApplication.getPid(JmxApplication.java:84)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvmstat.JvmstatModelProvider.getMonitoredVm(JvmstatModelProvider.java:49)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvmstat.JvmstatModelProvider.createModelFor(JvmstatModelProvider.java:71)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvmstat.JvmstatModelProvider.createModelFor(JvmstatModelProvider.java:45)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.core.model.ModelFactory.getModel(ModelFactory.java:111)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.tools.jvmstat.JvmstatModelFactory.getJvmstatFor(JvmstatModelFactory.java:65)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvm.JRockitJvmProvider.createModelFor(JRockitJvmProvider.java:49)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvm.JRockitJvmProvider.createModelFor(JRockitJvmProvider.java:42)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.core.model.ModelFactory.getModel(ModelFactory.java:111)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.application.jvm.JvmFactory.getJVMFor(JvmFactory.java:65)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jmx.impl.JmxApplicationProvider.addJmxApplication(JmxApplicationProvider.java:292)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jmx.impl.JmxApplicationProvider.createJmxApplication(JmxApplicationProvider.java:185)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jmx.JmxApplicationsSupport.createJmxApplicationImpl(JmxApplicationsSupport.java:286)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jmx.JmxApplicationsSupport.createJmxApplicationInteractive(JmxApplicationsSupport.java:263)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jmx.impl.AddJMXConnectionAction$1.run(AddJMXConnectionAction.java:80)
at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(RequestProcessor.java:1418)


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
I run my server process, then attach to it from my laptop. It works at the beginning and then just stops working. If I wait to attach until after the " failure point " , the error will happen immediately.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
jvisualvm and VisualVM to work
ACTUAL -
jvisualvm and VisualVM dies

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
java.lang.SecurityException: attempt to add a Permission to a readonly Permissions object
at java.security.Permissions.add(Permissions.java:127)
at java.security.Policy$UnsupportedEmptyCollection.add(Policy.java:837)
at sun.rmi.server.LoaderHandler.getLoaderAccessControlContext(LoaderHandler.java:1005)


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced often.