Re: milw0rm rootkit

[Justin]

Yes, she runs 2.6.34.8-68.fc13.i686.PAE

I know this is for the kernel... The C file seems to exploit a
vulnerability in the kernel, so I thought I should let the kernel
people know so they could patch it upstream. Right? I know the hacker
couldnt have gotten in if the security was stronger, but shouldnt the
kernel be secured against the rootkit?

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 07:31:43PM -0700, Justin wrote:
>> My mothers computer was hacked with a program that seems to be
>
> Your mom runs Linux? Which distro?
>
>> milw0rm. The hacker left the source file in C on her computer. I have
>> it and the IP address of the FTP server that he seemed to download it
>> from. Who can I give the file to to be sure that it gets patched? And
>> is there anything else I should do to help you guys make sure that
>> this doesnt happen again?
>
> This is the Linux kernel mailing list, which I'm pretty sure was not the
> cause of the hack, and thus the wrong list. Please contact the people
> from the distribution that you are using.
>
> -- Steve
>
>
>>
>> I am not on the list, so please CC me any responses, thanks
>
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