full-disclosure - Re: [SE-2012-01] information regarding recently discovered Java 7 attack

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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:26:47 -0400
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com>
To: Security Explorations <contact@...urity-explorations.com>
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: [SE-2012-01] information regarding recently
 discovered Java 7 attack

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Security Explorations
<contact@...urity-explorations.com> wrote:
>
> On 2012-08-29 23:04, Tim wrote:
>> Based on the details released so far about the exploit in the wild,
>> how likely do you think it is that your research may have been leaked?
>
> Currently, it looks more like an independent work than a leak to me.
> The way in which SunToolkit class and its getField method is used
> to achieve a complete JVM sandbox bypass is different from what was
> demonstrated to Oracle (different exploitation path).
A good explaination of the vulnerability is here: "The new Java 0Day
examined," http://www.h-online.com/security/features/The-new-Java-0day-examined-1677789.html.

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