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Re: Have I been hacked?



On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 12:46:55 -0600, Kenneth Stephen wrote:
>      Looking at the system logs for my Potato system (it was Slink, but I
> apt-get upgraded), I see some unusual entries. From messages.0 :
> 
> Dec 31 05:29:18 marvin 173>Dec 31 05:29:18 /sbin/rpc.statd[300]:
> gethostbyname error for ^X÷ÿ¿^X÷ÿ¿^Y÷ÿ¿^Y÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿^Z÷ÿ¿^[÷ÿ¿^[÷ÿ¿bffff6ec
> 804a174400f0078687465676274736f6d616e797265206520726f7220726f66
> bffff718

There have been various security issues with rpc.statd and related tools, in
particular
	http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000719a
	http://www.debian.org/security/1999/19991111
	http://www.debian.org/security/1998/19980904

>      Would this be due to a hack attempt?
	
Quite likely. According to CERT, attempts to exploit rpc.statd
vulnerabilities are still quite popular
(http://www.cert.org/current/current_activity.html#statd)

> From setuid.changes :
> 
> marvin changes to setuid programs and devices:
> --- setuid.today    Fri Dec 29 06:32:04 2000
> +++ /var/log/setuid.new.tmp   Sun Dec 31 06:32:01 2000
> @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
> -       2   620   1 pgmr       tty                0 Fri Dec 29 02:31:09
> 2000 /dev/pts/0
> -       3   620   1 pgmr       tty                0 Fri Dec 29 01:43:39
> 2000 /dev/pts/1
> +       2   620   1 pgmr       tty                0 Sun Dec 31 05:29:18

AFAIK, in and of themselves, these are not a problem.

> 2000 /dev/pts/0
>      4120  4755   2 root       root          499916 Wed Mar  8 01:51:40
> 2000 /usr/bin/sperl5.00405
>      4120  4755   2 root       root          499916 Wed Mar  8 01:51:40
> 2000 /usr/bin/suidperl-5.004

This seems fine as well.

>      4122  4755   1 root       staff           4787 Sat Jan 15 09:30:29
> 2000 /usr/local/bin/dflt_routes
> 
>      I was logged on an had an xterm running from midnight 12/31 - but I
> definitely wasnt doing anything at 5:30 in the morning.

It only seems to be a timestamp change.

I see no clear signs of a successful crack attempt in what you've reported.

HTH,
Ray
-- 
Tevens ben ik van mening dat Nederland overdekt dient te worden.



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