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Linux/Lupper-A

Aliases
  • Exploit.Linux.Small.x
  • Linux/Lupper.worm
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Unix
Protection available since 7 November 2005 22:13:04 (GMT)
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More Information

Linux/Lupper-A is a worm for the Linux operating system.

Linux/Lupper-A attempts to spread by exploiting the XML-RPC for PHP vulnerability. This is used to cause the remote computer to download a file to the following location and execute it:

/tmp/lupii

At the time of writing, this file was unavailable for download.

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