Re: Automated ssh scanning

[Ron DuFresne <dufresne () winternet com>]

the real thing this user most likely suffered from was the weak account
passwd double, guest:guest.  Now, if the admin and other account were
setup with strong passwd's and this account was either setup with a strong
passwd or not setup at all might be a better test of the stability of ssh
and the debain setup in question.

Thanks,

Ron DuFresne

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Tig wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:43:47 -0400
> Gerry Eisenhaur <GEisenhaur () Cisco com> wrote:
>
> > I am confused, you said you knew about some SSH scanning going on,
> > then set up those accounts on a box. Now you are curious way that box
> > got rooted?
> >
> > Maybe I am missing something, but it seems you already have a pretty
> > good assumption of why it got rooted.
> >
> > The software, as you seem to know, is a few exploits, a backdoor and
> > some IRC stuff(bot and proxy).
> >
> > /gerry
>
> I think you did miss the point (which was a very good one). Basically,
> once you have unprivileged access to a currently patched Woody box, you
> can quickly gain root access.
>
> I would love to see this tested against other version of Linux and *BSD
> with default (and updated) installations. Anyone have a spare box and a
> few hours?
>
> -Tig
>
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