Hi,
I've looked thru the code of rkhunter 1.3.6 and it seems to me that
pre-processing is too much aggressive in do_system_startup_file_checks() :
<code>
#
# Since we are going to be checking a lot of files
# for strings that are static, we may as well do
# some pre-processing of the string, and then we
# only need to spend time if a string is found.
#
RCSTRINGS=""
IFS=$IFSNL
for RKHTMPVAR in ${RCLOCAL_STRINGS}; do
RKHTMPVAR=`echo ${RKHTMPVAR} | sed -e 's/^[ ]*//'`
STR=`echo ${RKHTMPVAR} | cut -d: -f1`
STRING=`echo ${STR} | sed -e 's/\./\\\./g'`
RCSTRINGS="${RCSTRINGS} ${STRING}"
INFO=`echo ${RKHTMPVAR} | cut -d: -f2`
ROOTKIT_COUNT=`expr ${ROOTKIT_COUNT} + 1`
done
IFS=$RKHIFS
RCSTRINGS=`echo ${RCSTRINGS}`
for FNAME in ${RC_PATHS}; do
for STRING in ${RCSTRINGS}; do
if [ -n "`grep "${STRING}" ${FNAME} | egrep -v '^[ ]*#'`"
]; then
RKHTMPVAR=`echo "${FNAME}" | sed -e 's/\./\\\./g'`
if [ -n "`echo \"${RTKT_FILE_WHITELIST}\" | grep \"
${RKHTMPVAR} \"`" ]; then
display --to LOG --type INFO FILE_PROP_WL "${FNAME}"
startup_malware
else
FOUND=1
FOUNDSTRINGS="${FOUNDSTRINGS}%${FNAME}:${STR}:${INFO}"
fi
fi
done
done
</code>
In the computation of FOUNDSTRINGS, I believe that ${STR} and ${INFO}
are always evaluated to the last element of RCLOCAL_STRINGS
(/usr/bin/.etc:Dica-Kit Rootkit for 1.3.6) and not to the values related
to STRING.
Furthermore, I think the white list should be a
RTKT_RCFILE_STRING_WHITELIST : suppose a file is white listed because it
is known to contain a innocuous "sshdd", for example. If, then, it's
infected with "/usr/bin/.etc", the result of the test will be "None
found" in green on the screen.
In my mind, the RTKT_RCFILE_STRING_WHITELIST should contains couples of
RCfile:String.
Cordially,
Patrick
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