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Re: Hacked: .bash_history linked somewhere



On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 13:45, Mike Egglestone wrote:
> Hi,
> My server was trojaned recently, not sure how.
> It looks like /bin/ps was modified or replaced with
> a trojan. 
> The /root/.bash_history file is set to this:
> 
> chsslx1:~# ls -la .bash_history
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Nov  7 05:31 .bash_history
> 
> and I can't edit it or delete it.
> It looks like its linked somewhere:
> 
> chsslx1:~# rm .bash_history
> rm: remove write-protected file `.bash_history'? y
> rm: cannot unlink `.bash_history': Operation not permitted
> 
> First off, nothing to much was compromised. Only /etc/samba/* was wiped.
> (There may be more stuff but haven't detected yet)
> It seems that the only way to recover is to re-install?
> Is there a way to find out why the .bash_history is linked in someway?
> 
> How does this happen in the first place? Does someone need to steal the root 
> password and login and plant the trojan, or could this be remotely exploited 
> through a security hole in one of my installed packages?
> I don't understand how files can get overwritten with out manually doing it.
> 
> Any advice is appreciated

checkout "chattr" especially the "i" option.

use some of the forensic tools in Debian. 

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