Exploit Kits Now Updated With New Wares Before Patches Are Ready

The creators and maintainers of exploit kits often rely on public reports of new exploits and proof-of-concept exploit code in order to be able to add new exploits to their software. And in many cases, the exploits included in kits such as Black Hole and Eleonore and others will be for...

New Java Vulnerability Coming Bundled With Exploit Kits

A recently discovered Java vulnerability that’s been circulating throughout the hacking underground has begun to show up alongside the BlackHole exploit kit, according to a post on Brian Krebs’ KrebsonSecurity blog. The National Vulnerability Database claims the vulnerability is found in the Java...

JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u29 (Deployment)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and earlier, and JavaFX 2.0 allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors related to...

90000 web pages infected by mass iFrame attack

90000 web pages infected by mass iFrame attack Security Experts Wayne Huang, Chris Hsiao, NightCola Lin discovered that more than 90000 web pages are infected by mass iFrame attack. There's been a mass scale injection ongoing recently, with the injected iframe pointing to willysy.com . Just Try a...

OpenJDK HttpURLConnection incomplete TRACE permission check (6981426)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Networking component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, 5.0 Update 25, 1.4.227, and 1.3.128 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the...

OpenJDK HttpURLConnection allows arbitrary request headers (6961084,6980004)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Networking component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, 5.0 Update 25, 1.4.227, and 1.3.128 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the...

JDK unspecified vulnerability in Sound component

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment JRE in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 23 and earlier, 5.0 Update 27 and earlier, and 1.4.229 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Sound and...

Malicious Ads Serving Malware to Spotify Users

Users of free music streaming service, Spotify are reporting that they have been the victims of drive-by malware attacks according to a report from Netcraft. The attacks appear to be coming from third party advertisements which are displayed in the ad-supported version of Spotify’s software. By...

JDK Double.parseDouble Denial-Of-Service

The Double.parseDouble method in Java Runtime Environment JRE in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 23 and earlier, 5.0 Update 27 and earlier, and 1.4.229 and earlier, as used in OpenJDK, Apache, JBossweb, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a...

JDK unspecified vulnerability in 2D component

Unspecified vulnerability in the 2D component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, 5.0 Update 25, 1.4.227, and 1.3.128 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October...

OpenJDK HttpURLConnection allows arbitrary request headers (6961084,6980004)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Networking component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, 5.0 Update 25, 1.4.227, and 1.3.128 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the...

JDK unspecified vulnerability in 2D component

Unspecified vulnerability in the 2D component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, 5.0 Update 25, 1.4.227, and 1.3.128 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October...

OpenJDK HttpURLConnection allows arbitrary request headers (6961084,6980004)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Networking component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, 5.0 Update 25, 1.4.227, and 1.3.128 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the...

CVE-2010-3559

Unspecified vulnerability in the Sound component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, 5.0 Update 25, 1.4.227, and 1.3.128 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the Octobe...

Out-of-bounds

Unspecified vulnerability in the 2D component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, and 5.0 Update 25 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2010 CPU. Oracle ha...

CVE-2010-3567

Unspecified vulnerability in the 2D component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, and 5.0 Update 25 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2010 CPU. Oracle ha...

JDK unspecified vulnerability in Java2D component

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java 2D component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, 1.4.225, and 1.3.127 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the Marc...

Inside the Java 0-Day Exploit

The Java Web Start vulnerability that has been getting so much attention of late is being attacked by a number of different sites now, with a relatively simple and easily reproducible exploit, researchers say. The Java flaw, which Google researcher Tavis Ormandy disclosed publicly on April 9, was...

Java Zero-Day Attacks In The Wild

Just days after Google researcher Tavis Ormandy released details on a dangerous new Java vulnerability, malicious hackers have pounced and are exploiting the flaw in the wild to launch drive-by download attacks. Virus hunters have spotted the attacks on a popular song lyrics Web site. Any visitor...

On the Latest Java Vulnerability and the New Qubes OS

Dennis Fisher and Ryan Naraine discuss the new vulnerability in Java, whether the Internet works without Java and the new operating system released by security researcher Joanna Rutkowska. swf file=”http://www.threatpost.com/sites/default/files/newswrap20.mp3 Subscribe to the News Wrap podcast on...