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/dev/shm lol hack attempt

Discussion in 'cPanel Developers' started by atsmark, May 27, 2005.

  1. atsmark

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    Just to put it on record, my cPanel server had some sort of exploit uploaded and run this morning. It put a file called scan.tar.gz in /dev/shm and extracted it. A handful of files were extracted including executable files named "error", "scan", "ss", "x", and "lol". I noticed a lot of the lol processes running which is how I caught it. It appears to me that it was designed to run in the background and try to guess the root password by brute force, but I am not certain.

    I killed the processes, moved the files to a quarantine area and set their permissions to 000, unmounted /dev/shm, and remounted it with the noexec and nosuid options. I'm not sure how to find which script they used to upload that file.

    Any suggestions on how I can further protect myself from this would be much appreciated!

    Thanks,

    Mark
     
    #1 atsmark, May 27, 2005
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    they ubload the file from phpbb forum or from other system
    just block : phpinfo, block the option to users run processes from their web sites
     
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    #2 Yojek, May 27, 2005
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    As Yan said, it's most likely a vulnerable php script, the current one most likely is phpBB. You should use the WHM > Addon Module > Addon Script Manager and check your server for old versions and make sure they're all upgraded to v2.0.15
     
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    what is the version of php that you use?
     
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