Attackers are exploiting a recently fixed vulnerability (CVE-2023-46604) in Apache ActiveMQ to install Kinsing malware and cryptocurrency miners on targeted Linux systems. CVE-2023-46604 exploitation Apache ActiveMQ is a popular Java-based open source message broker that allows communication between applications and services by translating messages exchanged via different protocols (OpenWire, STOMP, MQTT, AMQP, etc.). CVE-2023-46604 is a vulnerability in the Java OpenWire protocol marshaller and may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code with the same privileges … More
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