Java hole makes Windows vulnerable
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A serious vulnerability in Java that has been kicking around for a couple of years has been exposed as dangerous. The hole affects current versions of Windows rendering them open to simple fly-by attacks that could lead to a complete compromise of the system. According to security researcher Ruben Santamarta, Sun's Java Web Start framework does not properly validate parameters passed to it from the command line, so attackers could control the parameters using HTML...
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