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Whats the vulnerability?

April 26, 2017vulnerability

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Whats the vulnerability?

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A scenario has been identified through which a Java applet could escape the sandbox and be able to perform normally-unauthorized functions on a user’s computer. Exploiting the vulnerability would only be possible through a very carefully-managed series of steps, and could not happen accidentally. However, if a malicious web site operator hosted a Java applet that exploited this security vulnerability, it would be able to take virtually any action on the computer of a user who visited the site.