FS#18028 - [heimdal] 1.3.1-2 probably infected by Adore rootkit

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Heiko Baums (cyberpatrol) - Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 02:55 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 03:46 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Aaron Griffin (phrakture)
Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Roman Kyrylych (Romashka)
Allan McRae (Allan)
Architecture All
Severity Critical
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
rkhunter gives a warning that heimdal 1.3.1-2 is infected by the Adore rootkit.

This is the relevant part of /var/log/rkhunter.log:
Checking for Adore Rootkit...
Checking for file '/usr/secure' [ Not found ]
Checking for file '/usr/doc/sys/qrt' [ Not found ]
Checking for file '/usr/doc/sys/run' [ Not found ]
Checking for file '/usr/doc/sys/crond' [ Not found ]
Checking for file '/usr/sbin/kfd' [ Found ]
Checking for file '/usr/doc/kern/var' [ Not found ]
Checking for file '/usr/doc/kern/string.o' [ Not found ]
Checking for file '/usr/doc/kern/ava' [ Not found ]
Checking for file '/usr/doc/kern/adore.o' [ Not found ]
Checking for file '/var/log/ssh/old' [ Not found ]
Checking for directory '/lib/security/.config/ssh' [ Not found ]
Checking for directory '/usr/doc/kern' [ Not found ]
Checking for directory '/usr/doc/backup' [ Not found ]
Checking for directory '/usr/doc/backup/txt' [ Not found ]
Checking for directory '/lib/backup' [ Not found ]
Checking for directory '/lib/backup/txt' [ Not found ]
Checking for directory '/usr/doc/work' [ Not found ]
Checking for directory '/usr/doc/sys' [ Not found ]
Checking for directory '/var/log/ssh' [ Not found ]
Checking for directory '/usr/doc/.spool' [ Not found ]
Checking for directory '/usr/lib/kterm' [ Not found ]
Warning: Adore Rootkit [ Warning ]
File '/usr/sbin/kfd' found
...
Rootkit checks...
Rootkits checked : 248
Possible rootkits: 1
Rootkit names : Adore Rootkit

chkrootkit doesn't detect this rootkit. So it's possible that it's a false positive, but it's also possible that chkrootkit doesn't detect it even if it should from what the website http://www.chkrootkit.org says.

So this issue should be checked.

There's also a thread in the forums: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=86539
I don't know if it's helpful.
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 03:46 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  false positive
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 03:22 GMT
i686 or x86_64?
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 03:45 GMT
Nevermind... this is a definite false positive. All it does is looks for the file /usr/sbin/kfd. To show this do:

cd /usr/sbin
mv kfd kfd.bak
rkhunter -c (no issues)
touch kfd
rkhunter -c (issues)
mv kfd.bak kfd

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