[palmer]

Here's the source of the FUD: http://labs.alienvault.com/labs/index.php/2013/new-year-new-java-zeroday/ with this screen shot:

Does it make sense to request an exe with your browser? No. I suppose it could be an obfuscated link in a web page. But how does it involve java?

[palmer]

Upon further reflection, maybe the screen shot is the end of exploit where the java is now requesting some program to run via the browser. I believe java is allowed to make outgoing http connections to fetch data that it might need. I suppose a buggy version could fetch an exe and run it...

[steve86]

But how does it involve java?

If you follow the link to http://malware.dontneedcoffee.com/ you can clearly see how java is involved.

[rawcatslyentist]

caca edit? Ya gets whut ya pays fer.