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RE: [cobalt-security] CROND
- Subject: RE: [cobalt-security] CROND
 
- From: "Anthony Patti" <gps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:38:43 -0600
 
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
 
+I have a process running on one of my Raq4's called CROND.  Not to be
+mistaken with crond.
+
+root      4180  0.0  0.1  1156  536 ?        S    14:09   0:00 CROND
+
+I am unaware of what this process is. The latest chkrootkit shows no hacks.
+
+A reboot of the machine cleared it out but it came back again the next day.
+
+Any ideas of what this might be?
+
+Thanks
+
+Tom
CROND is part of a root kit hack. I forget which one.
http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2001-February/038052.html
-Check your netstat output for any strange open ports.
-Check your /etc/inetd.conf file
-Check /root/.bash_history
-Also try searching for .psybnc and .crond and examine your /.tmp
directories.
For additional reference see:
http://www.lucidic.net/whitepapers/sholcroft-4.1-2002.html
http://www.beimborn.com/security/chkconfig_nmap.html