Re: Possible virus from Rome labs
William McVey (wam@staff.cc.purdue.edu)
Wed, 30 Mar 1994 19:21:09 -0500
Ben Jackson wrote:
>> > The files are:
>> >
>> > jnk.tmp
>> > foosh
>
>Isn't `foosh' the name of the shell created by one of the rdist bug
>exploit scripts? I don't have access to the archive where I have those
>particular files so I can't check, sorry.
>
>--Ben
/tmp/foosh was in fact the suid root shell generated by the second of
the two rdist exploit scripts. (The one that overflowed the buffer).
If you're running rdist with setuid permissions, I'd say it is a safe
bet that they used rdist to break root and trojan your binaries.
-- William