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Source: TheAge.com.au - Posted by Eric Lubow
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An explolit for the Linux mpg123 mp3 player has started circulating, following the release of the code for the same by the Gobbles security group. Anti-virus software maker Symantec has christened it as Trojan.Linux.JBellz. . .
An explolit for the Linux mpg123 mp3 player has started circulating, following the release of the code for the same by the Gobbles security group. Anti-virus software maker Symantec has christened it as Trojan.Linux.JBellz. The trojan arrives as a malformed .mp3 file and when played with a specific version of the mpg123 player, the code is executed. All the files in the home directory of the current user are deleted, recursing into subdirectories.
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