Security Response

Attacks targeting vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environmentare anything but new. Several researchers have previously visited thistopic and the results have been some fantastic research. However, inrecent weeks the DeepSight Threat Analyst Team has been investigatingseveral Java issues resulting from a notable increase invulnerabilities reported affecting the Java Runtime Environment and itsassociated components.

The threat landscape has seen a dramatic increase in attackstargeting client-side vulnerabilities in recent years. Vulnerabilitieshave been exposed in a variety of applications including media players,Web browsers, ActiveX controls and mail clients, to name just a few.The ubiquitous nature of the Java Runtime Environment makes it a primecandidate for attackers. With this in mind, it is not surprising to seemuch of the preliminary research into exploitation of environments likethe Java Virtual Machine manifest itself both in recently disclosedvulnerabilities...