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Re: [cobalt-security] amd root?



Michael Stauber wrote:

> > On one customer system chkrootkit is reporting "amd" and "syslogd" are
> > both infected.
> 
> This could be the LRK4 rootkit - among others:
> 
> http://project.honeynet.org/challenge/results/submissions/addam/toolkit.txt
> 
> However, if so, then CHKrootkit should find and identify it correctly, if I'm
> not mistaken.

Thanks for the info.  The customer has decided he'll do whatever he does
on his own.

I hope he does something.

> Jeff, I gather you're quite experienced in regards to Cobalts.
> 
> Did you recently stumble across any RaQ3 or RaQ4 which had /etc/shadow set to
> -r--------?
> 
> Just today I had the third RaQ with the same signs and indications and I've
> heard about two others with the same issue.

Yes, but mine were okay; I could still read/write them as root.

Jeff
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