Overview

What is Microsoft Virtual Machine File Reading Vulnerability (2000 series)?

is an Internet Explorer patch which resolves a vulnerability affecting Java applets.

In depth

A closer look at Microsoft Virtual Machine File Reading Vulnerability (2000 series)

There are two general classes of Java programs: Java applications that are hosted on the same machine on which they run, and Java applets which are hosted on Web sites and that run on users' computers when they visit these sites.

Only Java applets are affected by this vulnerability which could allow malicious users to write Java applets that could read (but not change, delete, or add) files from the computer of a person who visited their site, or read Web content from within an intranet (if the malicious sites are visited by a computer from within that intranet).

Verdict

Should you download Microsoft Virtual Machine File Reading Vulnerability (2000 series)?

Microsoft Virtual Machine File Reading Vulnerability (2000 series) runs on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/Windows 10/11 and is available under the Freeware license — the installer is 4 MB. We’ve catalogued it under Browsers.

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