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Newest Java 7 Update Still Exploitable, Researcher Says

A new bug that allows a complete Java sandbox escape has been identified already, the latest in what has become a long line of flaws haunting the Java software running on hundreds of millions of machines. A researcher at Security Explorations, a Polish firm that said it sent more than a dozen security vulnerabilities in Java to Oracle several months ago, said that upon downloading and inspecting the Java 7 update 7 file, he found that one of the changes made to the application as part of the update enabled another bug to become exploitable.

Source: https://threatpost.com/newest-java-7-update-still-exploitable-researcher-says-090412/76970/

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