Discovering a Joomla Exploit for Possible Malware: Social Engineering and a PHP BASE64 GIF Exploit

This article discusses the importance of Joomla as a Content Management System that is used by 2.7% of the web and how a possible new malware exploit has been discovered. The PHP BASE64 malware exploit is a well-documented exploit of PHP but the implementation of this exploit as it relates to Joomla...

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Published in:Communications of the IIMA 2011-01, Vol.11 (1), p.49
Main Authors: Rohm, M S Terrell, Rohm, C E Tapie, Brown, Haakon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer viruses
Content management software
Exploitation
Malware
Mathematics
Open source software
Public domain
Studies
Web portals
Websites
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Summary:This article discusses the importance of Joomla as a Content Management System that is used by 2.7% of the web and how a possible new malware exploit has been discovered. The PHP BASE64 malware exploit is a well-documented exploit of PHP but the implementation of this exploit as it relates to Joomla is a very ingenious method not previously used before, as far as the authors were able to discover. In this particularly case, PHP code is embedded in a GIF file to produce a very sophisticated and unique malware exploit to Joomla. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1543-5970
1941-6687