Re: Plague Proof of Concept Linux backdoor

[Rik Bobbaers <Rik.Bobbaers () cc kuleuven be>]

hijacker () oldum net wrote:
> Hello Rik,
> and how on earth can you make "root" run that piece of code? Do you have
> to specify it in the README section that it is mandatory to run that as
> root in order the "new" application root will be installing to run as
> expected?
<snip>

very simple, YOU own the box and place the backdoor like that
or you make root execute your code one way or another.

point was: it looks rather ... normal, doesn't immediately catch the eye 
as being a backdoor

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