--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/ProcessBuilder.java	Tue Feb 26 01:27:17 2013 +0400
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/ProcessBuilder.java	Tue Feb 26 15:58:40 2013 +0400
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.security.AccessControlException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -1012,8 +1013,9 @@
         String prog = cmdarray[0];
 
         SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
-        if (security != null)
+        if (security != null) {
             security.checkExec(prog);
+        }
 
         String dir = directory == null ? null : directory.toString();
 
@@ -1024,13 +1026,24 @@
                                      redirects,
                                      redirectErrorStream);
         } catch (IOException e) {
+            String exceptionInfo = ": " + e.getMessage();
+            Throwable cause = e;
+            if (security != null) {
+                // Can not disclose the fail reason for read-protected files.
+                try {
+                    security.checkRead(prog);
+                } catch (AccessControlException ace) {
+                    exceptionInfo = "";
+                    cause = ace;
+                }
+            }
             // It's much easier for us to create a high-quality error
             // message than the low-level C code which found the problem.
             throw new IOException(
                 "Cannot run program \"" + prog + "\""
                 + (dir == null ? "" : " (in directory \"" + dir + "\")")
-                + ": " + e.getMessage(),
-                e);
+                + exceptionInfo,
+                cause);
         }
     }
 }

--- a/src/windows/classes/java/lang/ProcessImpl.java	Tue Feb 26 01:27:17 2013 +0400
+++ b/src/windows/classes/java/lang/ProcessImpl.java	Tue Feb 26 15:58:40 2013 +0400
@@ -144,6 +144,88 @@
 
     }
 
+    // We guarantee the only command file execution for implicit [cmd.exe] run.
+    //    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490954.aspx
+    private static final char CMD_BAT_ESCAPE[] = {' ', '\t', '<', '>', '&', '|', '^'};
+    private static final char WIN32_EXECUTABLE_ESCAPE[] = {' ', '\t', '<', '>'};
+
+    private static boolean isQuoted(boolean noQuotesInside, String arg,
+            String errorMessage) {
+        int lastPos = arg.length() - 1;
+        if (lastPos >=1 && arg.charAt(0) == '"' && arg.charAt(lastPos) == '"') {
+            // The argument has already been quoted.
+            if (noQuotesInside) {
+                if (arg.indexOf('"', 1) != lastPos) {
+                    // There is ["] inside.
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage);
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (noQuotesInside) {
+            if (arg.indexOf('"') >= 0) {
+                // There is ["] inside.
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage);
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean needsEscaping(boolean isCmdFile, String arg) {
+        // Switch off MS heuristic for internal ["].
+        // Please, use the explicit [cmd.exe] call
+        // if you need the internal ["].
+        //    Example: "cmd.exe", "/C", "Extended_MS_Syntax"
+
+        // For [.exe] or [.com] file the unpaired/internal ["]
+        // in the argument is not a problem.
+        boolean argIsQuoted = isQuoted(isCmdFile, arg,
+            "Argument has embedded quote, use the explicit CMD.EXE call.");
+
+        if (!argIsQuoted) {
+            char testEscape[] = isCmdFile
+                    ? CMD_BAT_ESCAPE
+                    : WIN32_EXECUTABLE_ESCAPE;
+            for (int i = 0; i < testEscape.length; ++i) {
+                if (arg.indexOf(testEscape[i]) >= 0) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static String getExecutablePath(String path)
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        boolean pathIsQuoted = isQuoted(true, path,
+                "Executable name has embedded quote, split the arguments");
+
+        // Win32 CreateProcess requires path to be normalized
+        File fileToRun = new File(pathIsQuoted
+            ? path.substring(1, path.length() - 1)
+            : path);
+
+        // From the [CreateProcess] function documentation:
+        //
+        // "If the file name does not contain an extension, .exe is appended.
+        // Therefore, if the file name extension is .com, this parameter
+        // must include the .com extension. If the file name ends in
+        // a period (.) with no extension, or if the file name contains a path,
+        // .exe is not appended."
+        //
+        // "If the file name !does not contain a directory path!,
+        // the system searches for the executable file in the following
+        // sequence:..."
+        //
+        // In practice ANY non-existent path is extended by [.exe] extension
+        // in the [CreateProcess] funcion with the only exception:
+        // the path ends by (.)
+
+        return fileToRun.getPath();
+    }
+
+
     private long handle = 0;
     private OutputStream stdin_stream;
     private InputStream stdout_stream;
@@ -156,30 +238,31 @@
                         final boolean redirectErrorStream)
         throws IOException
     {
-        // Win32 CreateProcess requires cmd[0] to be normalized
-        cmd[0] = new File(cmd[0]).getPath();
+        // The [executablePath] is not quoted for any case.
+        String executablePath = getExecutablePath(cmd[0]);
+
+        // We need to extend the argument verification procedure
+        // to guarantee the only command file execution for implicit [cmd.exe]
+        // run.
+        String upPath = executablePath.toUpperCase();
+        boolean isCmdFile = (upPath.endsWith(".CMD") || upPath.endsWith(".BAT"));
 
         StringBuilder cmdbuf = new StringBuilder(80);
-        for (int i = 0; i < cmd.length; i++) {
-            if (i > 0) {
-                cmdbuf.append(' ');
-            }
+
+        // Quotation protects from interpretation of the [path] argument as
+        // start of longer path with spaces. Quotation has no influence to
+        // [.exe] extension heuristic.
+        cmdbuf.append('"');
+        cmdbuf.append(executablePath);
+        cmdbuf.append('"');
+
+        for (int i = 1; i < cmd.length; i++) {
+            cmdbuf.append(' ');
             String s = cmd[i];
-            if (s.indexOf(' ') >= 0 || s.indexOf('\t') >= 0) {
-                if (s.charAt(0) != '"') {
-                    cmdbuf.append('"');
-                    cmdbuf.append(s);
-                    if (s.endsWith("\\")) {
-                        cmdbuf.append("\\");
-                    }
-                    cmdbuf.append('"');
-                } else if (s.endsWith("\"")) {
-                    /* The argument has already been quoted. */
-                    cmdbuf.append(s);
-                } else {
-                    /* Unmatched quote for the argument. */
-                    throw new IllegalArgumentException();
-                }
+            if (needsEscaping(isCmdFile, s)) {
+                cmdbuf.append('"');
+                cmdbuf.append(s);
+                cmdbuf.append('"');
             } else {
                 cmdbuf.append(s);
             }