But if they have root, this backdoor is hardly what I'd be concerned with..
It's like freaking out over the fence gate being open while the barn's completely on fire. On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:14 PM, andrew mcelroy <[email protected]> wrote: > remote root exploits become available all the time. > > http://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/21151-Metasploitable-Gaining-Root-on-a-Vulnerable-Linux-System.html > > If you hop over to reddit.com/r/linux or /r/sysadmin they seem to think > it is okay to run commands via root by default. > Between out of date software and stupid humans, root can be easier to get > than you'd think at first glance. > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Blake Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This "scary exploit" requires root to be installed... >> >> I don't get the hype myself >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Drew from Zhrodague < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Thank you very much for this alert, Andrew. I copied down the python >>>> script and attempted to run. I get: >>>> >>>> shmid = shmget(SHM_KEY, SHM_SIZE, 0o666) >>>> ^ >>>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>>> >>> >>> Yah, that didn't work for me either. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Drew from Zhrodague >>> lolcat divinator >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@** >>> googlegroups.com <nlug-talk%[email protected]> >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/nlug-talk?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en> >>> >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to >>> nlug-talk+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<nlug-talk%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
