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New Linux-specific Worm

It targets PHP XML-RPC Vulnerability

         

AlexK

2:29 am on Nov 9, 2005 (gmt 0)

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See [webmasterworld.com...] (many, many apps are vulnerable).

technossomy

11:18 pm on Nov 9, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Is it Linux specific or PHP specific?

zCat

11:30 pm on Nov 9, 2005 (gmt 0)

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It's a web scripting worm targetted at *nix based systems. It just happens most of the vunerable scripts / apps are in PHP, and the changes are high they'll be running on Linux.

The PHP XML-RPC vulnerability has been around a few months though.

 

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