From owner-freebsd-security Thu Nov 1 7:27:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A31037B401 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 07:27:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (arr@localhost) by fledge.watson.org (8.11.6/8.11.5) with SMTP id fA1FR3U99303; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:27:03 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from arr@watson.org) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:27:03 -0500 (EST) From: "Andrew R. Reiter" To: Ralph Huntington Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: strange inetd.conf entry In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Andrew R. Reiter wrote: :man 4 joy Though, it could be a coverup :-) : :On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Ralph Huntington wrote: : ::I did find this kernel module, but I have no idea what it is. I presume at ::this point that the root shell acquired through inetd was for the purpose ::of loading this module. Anyone recognize it? Anyone want it for analysis? :: ::hogan@klink:/etc# ll /usr/bin/joy ::-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 100 Jul 4 12:05 /usr/bin/joy :: ::hogan@klink:/etc# cat /usr/bin/joy ::#!/bin/sh ::# $FreeBSD: src/sys/modules/joy/joy.sh,v 1.5 1999/08/28 00:47:23 peter Exp $ :: ::kldload joy :: :: ::hogan@klink:/etc# ll /modules/joy.ko ::-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 6755 Jul 4 12:05 /modules/joy.ko :: :: ::On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Ralph Huntington wrote: :: ::> I have that sinking feeling. I discovered this line at the end of ::> inetd.conf on one of our servers: ::> ::> dlip stream tcp nowait root /bin/sh sh -i ::> ::> Looks like a root compromise. Sure enough, telnet'ing to the dlip port ::> provides what *looks* like a root shell, but I don't seem to be able to do ::> anything with it. Pretty mysterious. ::> ::> Can anyone offer a clue? Thanks in advance, Ralph ::> ::> ::> ::> ::> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org ::> with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message ::> :: :: ::To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org ::with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message :: : :*-------------................................................. :| Andrew R. Reiter :| arr@fledge.watson.org :| "It requires a very unusual mind :| to undertake the analysis of the obvious" -- A.N. Whitehead : : :To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message : *-------------................................................. | Andrew R. Reiter | arr@fledge.watson.org | "It requires a very unusual mind | to undertake the analysis of the obvious" -- A.N. Whitehead To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message