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[quicksols]

OK here is my delimma
i do ve some resellers and some of there clients are using scripts like cgishell
or
MyShell 1.1.0 build 20010923"
somethign like these.

Can please some one tell me the linux command to go through all the .php files in all homedirs and check for a string?

like as an example there is a file called user.php (which is in reality a shell script like myshell) and they r using it to gain shell access to the system ( php safe mode aint helping here) some how they get shadow or install something as nobody user gain root access wolaaaa.......

SO there is a file in /home/user10/public_html/user.php

however i do have some strings which are more likely same. like

$shellUser
$dirLimit = "";
$autoErrorTrap = 1;
$voidCommands = array("top","xterm","su","vi","pico","netscape");
$TexEd = "pico";
$editWrap ="wrap='OFF'";

or
Header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="MyShell"');

this is part of a script.......
so i can trace those
just like it detect spam stuff and cpanel send u email
Is there a way or a command which will tell me or i can run a cron every now and then and see whois suing shell scripts etc etc
Can some one please write me a command like that. or any way how to add it into cpanel so cpanel can track it also

Thanks

[heyzuess]

Originally posted by quicksols
Can please some one tell me the linux command to go through all the .php files in all homedirs and check for a string?

ah, something like grep?

man grep

[TowerHost]

Find the user account where the files are stored and suspend it.
Then check logs and see where the file came from - could be another script exploit they used from a user account or an actual user that is using the script.

[Knogle]

I think he's asking how to logon as root, go through every file in the system checking if it has traces of the script's strings, and if it does, probably chmod the file to 700 and write the filename onto a file for review.

[Gyrbo]

Scripts like these shouldn't be a problem. open_basedir limits them to their own home directory right?

[Website Rob]

You can do the following and search for one word at a time. This is due to the fact that it could take 10 - 15 minutes for each search and is definitely going to increase your Server load, but not to an un-acceptable level if you do one word search at a time.

log in as 'root'

cd / << this will check the whole Server

find -type f -name '*.*' \
-exec grep -s autoErrorTrap {} \; -print

Search word examples would be:

shellUser
dirLimit
autoErrorTrap
voidCommands
TexEd
editWrap
WWW-Authenticate

If any files are found with the search word, shown in bold in the above example, then the file text will be shown and the file path directly underneath it. To save time, as lots & lots of text/files maybe found with that search word, you should do this:

find . -type f -name '*.*' \
-exec grep -s autoErrorTrap {} \; -print > search_autoErrorTrap.txt

Continuing with the above example, all results are put into a file called "search_autoErrorTrap.txt" which the above command also creates. By using the same "searchword" for each file name, it will help to know which word you were searching for.

Be paitent while this is going on and just wait till the command line shows again. You can then view the file online or download it.

[quicksols]

Thanks all for your help. Yes mainly i m looking to check it server wide. I do know those are .php files mainly looking to search for /home

By the way any idea where can i add those strings in CPANEL ... Just like it filter all EMAIL cgi check it can check this tooo

[Website Rob]

This is not a Control Panel function as there as still lots of things one has to do manually, when one is a Server Admin.

[TowerHost]

I thik open_basedir would solve the problem -

http://www.zend.com/manual/features....i.open-basedir

More security information.

http://www.zend.com/manual/features.safe-mode.php

[quicksols]

openbase dir switch can i implement it globally?
If yes how i m sorry i m not a programmer and bugging u guys a lot
I did got this string also

find /home/*/public_html -name '*.php' -print | xargs grep -i -l 'dtinrg to find'

[sprintserve]

Open your php.ini
It's usually found in /usr/local/lib/

Default I believe doesn't have the function at all. So just add

open_basedir = /home

(An example, or whereever your users partition is)

And all should be fine

[cp1967]

Originally posted by sprintserve
Open your php.ini
It's usually found in /usr/local/lib/

Default I believe doesn't have the function at all. So just add

open_basedir = /home

(An example, or whereever your users partition is)

And all should be fine

What exactly will including "open_basedir = /home" do for php security?

--- > Nevermind. I RTFM and figured it out for myself

[LinuXpert]

Open_basedir only works with PHP so hackers can still use CGIShell (written in Perl) to hack your server.

[sprintserve]

That is correct. Take some basic precautions and CGI-shell should not be able to do much.

[PhilG]

does open_basedir affect the /tmp directory.