Linux worm turns on Mambo and PHP

Posted by tadelste on Feb 20, 2006 11:23 PM EDT
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Security experts today warned of a Linux network worm that exploits holes in the Mambo content management system and the PHP XML-RPC library. Dubbed Mare.D, the worm leaves multiple backdoors on infected systems. Two of these are connectback shell backdoors that link to a remote host, while a third allows the malware's writer to access and control infected systems via IRC.

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How is this a GNU/Linux worm cgagnon 3 1,335 Feb 21, 2006 3:21 AM
Hmmm - PHP Version 1.x? wjl 1 1,183 Feb 21, 2006 3:14 AM

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