| GEN:SID | 1:1843 |
| Message | BACKDOOR trinity connection attempt |
| Summary | This event is generated when an attacker attempts to connect to a Trinity DDoS Trojan server.
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| Impact | Possible Distributed Denial of Service and control of the victim host.
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| Detailed Information | This Trojan affects UNIX operating systems:
Trinity is used as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) agent and can launch DDoS attacks from a large number of hosts against a target.
Due to the nature of this Trojan it is unlikely that the attacker's client IP address has been spoofed.
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| Affected Systems | |
| Attack Scenarios | This Trojan may be delivered to the target in a number of ways. This event is indicative of an existing infection being activated. Initial compromise may be due to the exploitation of another vulnerability.
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| Ease of Attack | This is Trojan activity, the target machine may already be compromised.
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| Corrective Action | Delete the Trojan and kill any associated processes.
Restore the system from known good backups.
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| Additional References | |
| Rule References | cve: 2000-0138
nessus: 10501
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