On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:43:47 -0400 Gerry Eisenhaur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am confused, you said you knew about some SSH scanning going on, > then set up those accounts on a box. Now you are curious way that box > got rooted? > > Maybe I am missing something, but it seems you already have a pretty > good assumption of why it got rooted. > > The software, as you seem to know, is a few exploits, a backdoor and > some IRC stuff(bot and proxy). > > /gerry > I think you did miss the point (which was a very good one). Basically, once you have unprivileged access to a currently patched Woody box, you can quickly gain root access. I would love to see this tested against other version of Linux and *BSD with default (and updated) installations. Anyone have a spare box and a few hours? -Tig _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
