Possibly linux to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoXZ backdoor in a nutshellimagemessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down110 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.22Karrow-down1imageXZ backdoor in a nutshellPossibly linux to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square152fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareThe Doctor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoSomebody wrote a PoC for it: https://github.com/amlweems/xzbot#backdoor-demo Basically, if you have a patched SSH client with the right ED448 key you can have the gigged sshd on the other side run whatever commands you want. The demo just does id > /tmp/.xz but it could be whatever command you want.
Somebody wrote a PoC for it: https://github.com/amlweems/xzbot#backdoor-demo
Basically, if you have a patched SSH client with the right ED448 key you can have the gigged sshd on the other side run whatever commands you want. The demo just does
id > /tmp/.xzbut it could be whatever command you want.