Re: Hijacked Xterm
From: Petr Pisar (xpisar_at_fi.muni.cz)
Date: 06/13/05
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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:25:01 GMT
Heiko Dudzus napsal(a):
> adam.sutton@baesystems.com writes:
>
>
>>Every so often he seems to find random words (not random characters)
>>typed
>>into his console.
>>
>>We run on a private network with no external network access, because
>>this
>>is a small works network for relatively computer literate users most
>>people know the root passwords to machines.
>>
>>I think this has to be a practical joke, but I am after any advice as
>>to
>>how someone might be achieving this.
>
>
> If the other person has root privileges, he could do that by echoing
> something into the 'victims' tty device.
>
Or if you have set write permission for group tty which is used for
local users to send messageses using write command (see write(1) and
mesg(1)).
--Petr
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