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Sun.Java.Signed.Applet.Social.Engineering.Code.Execution

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This indicates an attack attempt against a remote code-execution vulnerability in multiple operating systems.
The vulnerability is caused by insufficient checking of embedded signed Java applets in HTML documents. It may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a web page with an embedded crafted signed Java applet.

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Windows (x86)
Mac OS X
Linux (x86)

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System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.

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Currently we are not aware of any officially supplied patch for this issue.

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Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)
ID 18173
Created Feb 18, 2010
Updated May 03, 2023
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Affected OS Windows, Linux
Affected App SUN