Oracle JRE 8 must disable the dialog enabling users to grant permissions to execute signed content from an untrusted authority. Whitelisting, blacklisting, and signing of applications help. Denying these applications could be detrimental to the user experience. Java Web Start (JWS) applications are the most commonly used. Oracle JRE 8 must be set to allow Java Web Start (JWS) applications. The nfig file is used for specifying the location and. Oracle JRE 8 must have a nfig file present.Д«y default no nfig file exists thus, no system-wide deployment.properties file exists. The deployment.properties file is used for specifying keys for the Java Runtime. Oracle JRE 8 must have a deployment.properties file present.Д«y default no deployment.properties file exists thus, no system-wide deployment exists. The 'deployment.properties' key includes the path of the 'deployment.properties' file and the '' key. The nfig configuration file contains two keys. Oracle JRE 8 nfig file must contain proper keys and values. Applet sources considered trusted can have their. Even for signed applets, there can be many sources, some of which may be purveyors of malware. Java applets exist both signed and unsigned. Oracle JRE 8 must lock the dialog enabling users to grant permissions to execute signed content from an untrusted authority.

Running an older version of the JRE can introduce security vulnerabilities to the system. Oracle JRE 8 is being continually updated by the vendor in order to address identified security vulnerabilities. The version of Oracle JRE 8 running on the system must be the most current available. Findings (MAC III - Administrative Sensitive) Finding ID

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