Java vulnerability discovered

  • USA: Saturday, January 12 - 2013 at 03:14

The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has said a new vulnerability has been discovered in the widely used Java software that could give attackers access to your computer, Cnet has reported. The group issued an alert saying that Java 7 Update 10 and earlier versions of the software contain an unspecified vulnerability that can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. The attack can be induced if someone visits a web site that's been set up with malicious code to take advantage of the hole.

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