By Sarah Left
Published: 18 October 1999 10:02 GMT
A German researcher at the University of Marburg has uncovered a security flaw in Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
The flaw is a bug in Microsoft's bytecode verifier. According to Princeton University's Secure Internet Programming (SIP) unit, the bug allows for the creation of a malicious applet that can modify and delete files or eavesdrop on the user's activities.
The explanation by Princeton's SIP team is on their site: "As of October 11, 1999, all recent versions of Microsoft's JVM for Windows appear to be vulnerable, so users of recent versions of Internet Explorer are affected by this flaw. A malicious applet could also be embedded in an e-mail message read using Microsoft Outlook."
Microsoft has posted a new version of its JVM that it claims will eliminates the flaw at http://www.microsoft.com/java .
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