We've received reports from several readers (thanx, Ronaldo and anonymous) that they have seen successful exploitation of the Joomla user password reset vulnerability announced on 12 Aug (with an exploit posted to milw0rm at about the same time). If you have not yet upgraded to 1.5.6, do so ASAP
References: http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/241-20080801-core-password-remind-functionality.html http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#joomla_password_reset_vulnerability http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-3681 I will be teaching next: Reverse-Engineering Malware: Malware Analysis Tools and Techniques - SANS Cyber Defence Australia 2022 |
Jim 423 Posts ISC Handler Aug 15th 2008 |
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