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Trojan:Java/Rowindal

First posted on 07 September 2010.
Source: SecurityHome

Aliases :

Trojan:Java/Rowindal is also known as Java:Agent-BA (Other), Mal/JavaDldr-B (Sophos), Trojan:Java/Rowindal.A (Microsoft), Generic2_c.BOMJ (Avira), TROJ_JAVA.BM (Trend Micro).

Explanation :

Also known as a trojan horse program, this is a deceptive program that performs additional actions without the user's knowledge or permission. It does not replicate.

Additional DetailsTrojan:Java/Rowindal is a maliciously-crafted Java class component that attempts to exploit a known vulnerability (CVE-2010-0094) in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in order to perform remote code execution. The unauthorized code typically involves downloading additional malware onto the system.

This trojan may also be hosted on malicious websites, from which it may be downloaded onto vulnerable computers.

Note

A patch for the JRE vulnerability is available from:

€ http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Last update 07 September 2010

 

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