Security exception from unsigned applets on local disk

###@###.### from the JavaFX team points out that the following SecurityException is raised when running an unsigned applet from the local disk which loads a class reflectively:

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-2" java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.util.PropertyPermission java.home read)
   at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
   at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPropertyAccess(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.System.getProperty(Unknown Source)
   at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.getPermissions(Unknown Source)
   at java.security.SecureClassLoader.getProtectionDomain(Unknown Source)
   at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
   at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
   at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
   at javafx.gui.Applet.getAppletClass(Applet.fx:1)
   at javafx.gui.AppletRunner.run$impl(AppletRunner.fx:1)
   at javafx.gui.AppletRunner.run(AppletRunner.fx:39)
   at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)