full-disclosure - Automated ssh scanning

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Message-ID: <1093504379.2543.19.camel@lap.richard>
From: holle at ackw.de (Richard Verwayen)
Subject: Automated ssh scanning

On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 01:04, Stephen Jimson wrote:
> >A few weeks ago there was a discussion about 
> >automated ssh scanning with user/password 
> >combinations like guest/guest or admin/admin.
> >I set up a debian woody fully patched with both
> >accounts activated, and got rooted some days later...
> 
> look if your user/password are not listed in this page
> : SSH Remote Root password Brute Force Cracker Utility
> 
> http://www.k-otik.com/exploits/08202004.brutessh2.c.p
> hp
> 
> cheers
Hello Stephen!

Good hint, but my root password isn*t listed there (you may consider it
to be save!), but there were two known unprivileged
user/password-combinations on this box. As far as I could investigate,
the attacker used a guest account to get shell access, and then used a
local exploit.