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Old 26th January 2013
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Default SSH Backdoor in Linux SSHd binaries.

SSH Backdoor in Linux SSHd binaries "in the wild". http://blog.eset.com/2013/01/24/linu...eals-passwords
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Old 26th January 2013
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The article does not describe a vulnerability particular to Linux.

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...it is hard to tell how this Trojanized SSH daemon made its way on a compromised server...
Any system with an sshd server is "vulnerable" if the sshd server can be replaced by a stranger..

Last edited by comet--berkeley; 26th January 2013 at 05:53 PM. Reason: clarify sshd server
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The article does not describe a vulnerability particular to Linux.



Any system with an sshd server is "vulnerable" if the sshd server can be replaced by a stranger..
Not only stranger.... even a "trusted" user
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