Can the worm assume root permissions even if it enters system with only
user privilages?
Could you please give where on cern, is the information about dealing
with worms?
Vijay
Rajkumar Andrews wrote:
>
> The Ramen, Lion and Adore worms can paralise work -- but will not destroy any
> data. They generally replace system binaries (eg. finger, ifconfig, et al)
> found in the /usr/sbin or /bin directories with their own versions [which will
> make system administrators go crazy!]
>
> Information on how to avoid and how to tackle affected systems is available at
> www.cern.org
>
> Happy deworming!!
>
> RKA
>
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