Re: poss security problem in JDK 1.7.0_17

From	Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.security
Subject	Re: poss security problem in JDK 1.7.0_17
Date	2013-05-06 16:11 +0300
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Mon, 06 May 2013 02:10:37 -0700, /Roedy Green/:

> I read somewhere that the Reveton.N virus (a scareware virus that
> tries to extort money) see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/scareware.html
>
> used an Java Applet security hole to function.  It leaves an ordinary
> *.exe file on a Windows machine.
>
> I just got hit a second time. That suggests the exploit is still
> present in JDK 1.7.0_17  I think Oracle's "fix" was simply turning off
> all Applets by default.

Do you experience the same with 1.7.0_21?

-- 
Stanimir

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poss security problem in JDK 1.7.0_17 Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-05-06 02:10 -0700
  Re: poss security problem in JDK 1.7.0_17 Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2013-05-06 16:11 +0300
    Re: poss security problem in JDK 1.7.0_17 Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-05-06 18:26 -0700

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