Re:New Zero Day Java Vulnerability Being Exploited in the Wild
by Chris_Newton on Thursday January 10, 2013 @01:47PM
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The applet I’m working on is rather specialised, so talking about that isn’t going to prove much. Others have pointed out some common examples from among the fields I mentioned, such as Minecraft, WebEx, and Danish government web sites. Each of these has a significant user base relying on Java applets.
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Re:New Zero Day Java Vulnerability Being Exploited in the Wild
by SiVal on Friday January 11, 2013 @06:38AM
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Does Minecraft use applets or is it just a standalone desktop Java app? Does installing Minecraft create any vulnerability to this bug on a machine whose browsers have deactivated any Java plugin?
Re:New Zero Day Java Vulnerability Being Exploited in the Wild
by Aticus_Finch on Friday January 11, 2013 @07:15AM
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There are unrelated.
Besides downloading the Java app, you can play Minecraft in the browser through an applet at https://minecraft.net/play.
So no, if you are not running Java in the browser, a malicious web page can't run neither Minecraft nor other Java apps that you have locally installed.