[Solar-general] postnuke compromised

Mie Oct 27 13:58:30 CEST 2004

Posted by Rich Miller at 02:40 PM UTC on Oct 26, 2004 in 

Hackers have compromised the download server for the open source
PostNuke content management system, redirecting users to malicious code
in place of the .zip download of the PostNuke program. The hacked code
was distributed for more than 32 hours before PostNuke site maintainers
addressed the security breach. 

PostNuke users who installed a zip archive downloaded between 11:50 pm
Sunday night and 8:30 a.m. today face a grim scenario. According to a
statement on the PostNuke site, all data submitted during the
installation - including the server name, database credentials, admin
name and password - were likely sent to the hackers. In addition, "in
one file there was code allowing a malicious user to execute any shell
command on the web server."

Either scenario would allow the attackers to gain control of the site
where PostNuke was installed. The tar.gz download file was not affected.
The tar format is traditionally used by Unix and Linux, while Zip is the
leading Windows archive format.

Posted by Rich Miller at 12:43 PM UTC on Oct 26, 2004
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/10/26/hacked_postnuke_site_distributes_malicious_code.html
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