From: | Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> |
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To: | Matthias Schmitt <freak001(at)mmp(dot)lu> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Hacker found bug in Postgres ? |
Date: | 1999-04-27 17:00:04 |
Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.05.9904271256510.13677-100000@paprika.michvhf.com |
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On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Matthias Schmitt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> this night we discovered here a strange behaviour on our servers. Somebody
> managed to get access to the UNIX shell using the 'postgres' db
> administrator account. He logged in some machines with a single try ! The
> password was not part of any dictionary. He tried some other accounts,
> without success. Under the user postgres he installed an 'eggdrop' program
> on the machine, implementing an IRC server.
>
> If you want to look on your servers, look for an ".elm/..." directory in
> the postgres home directory. You may discover too some processes named
> "./..." or "../ -m" running under the postgres user.
>
> Is there any chanche, that the postgres database contains a bug giving
> shell access ? Is there any chance to trace what happens on the postgres
> port ?
Is it possible the intruder guessed the password on the postgres
administrator's account? Or perhaps a script run via mail?
Vince.
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