[Systems] Hacked content detected on http://www.sugarlabs.org/

Sam P. sam at sam.today
Tue Oct 13 17:36:59 EDT 2015


Yeah, its pretty close to ready.  I can probably hide the todos and change
some of the links so it will be OK?  CCing for Walter's opinion

On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 7:50 am Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org> wrote:

> How about replacing this old and insecure website?
>
> If the new one isn't ready yet, we could temporarily serve a minimalistic
> page with the SL logo and a few links to the main resources. A bit like the
> Google home page...
>
> On October 13, 2015 4:26:37 PM EDT, Samuel Cantero <scanterog at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I just recently erase all the unwanted images and the malicious php files
>> for www.slo.
>>
>> The injected URLs [f*or ex:
>> sugarlabs.org/index.php/cheap-canadian-viagra/
>> <http://sugarlabs.org/index.php/cheap-canadian-viagra/> or
>> sugarlabs.org/index.php/viagra <http://sugarlabs.org/index.php/viagra>*]
>> are not working anymore. Those URLs were generated with the head.php
>> script. The complete decoded code can be found here:
>> http://www.fpaste.org/278824/.
>>
>> Also, the b374k-shell webshell is not working anymore. For the curious,
>> it looked like this: http://snag.gy/BmcA1.jpg
>>
>
>> I've found similar php files in walterbender.org the other day. I
>> replaced the wh ole site for an uncompromised one.
>>
>
>> Anyway, we still have to find how they did that and how can we protect
>> our server from this kind of exploit. It is not easy though. It can be a
>> security vulnerability on wordpress, some plugin or a permission problem.
>>
>> Still pending to follow the CERT intruder detection checklist.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 7:18 AM, Sam P. <sam at sam.today> wrote:
>>
> I was just running ls -lsah on the root of www.slo, and it told me:
>>>
>>> * Th e spam (head.php) was last modified on Jun 23 13:56.  I assume this
>>> is the creation date too.
>>>
>> * head.php is owned by www-data.  I assume this means that it came from
>>> php or apache?
>>> * index.php was modified 1 minute after head.php.  It has a command to
>>> "include("head.php");"
>>> * every directory was modified within 2 minutes after the spam creation,
>>> including .git
>>>     * eg. css/comnon.php base64 or something encoded php.  Looks a
>>> different style to head.php, no use of regex, but IDK.  It is a php
>>> webshell named b374k-shell version 2.8.
>>>     * eg. assets/fs-login.php encoded php that is decoded using a
>>> regex.  Prompts for a passoword, but no identifying stuff
>>>     * There are also files called fedit.php Iicense.php (starting with
>>> cap. i) lndex.php (lower case L)
>>>
>>> Some files came before head.php, see
>>> http://www.fpaste.org/278658/47310741/
>>>
>>> Also, reviewing Walter's repo, I can't find a clean copy of the website,
>>> see https://github.com/walterbender/www-sugarlabs/issues/11  So hum,
>>> cleaning this will be fun!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sam
>>>
>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Samuel Cantero <scanterog at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can't continue working on this today. Tomorrow I will try to search
>>>> related files. We can erase the suspicious files now but if we do not find
>>>> the root cause, it will happen again.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks James. I will google for it.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:27 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sadly, I've done PHP.  There were PHP vulnerabilities that can lead to
>>>>> site compromise if the www directory was writable by the apache processes
>>>>> that run PHP.
>>>>>
>>>>> Follow the CERT intruder detection checklist if you can.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 13/10/2015, at 12:01 PM, Samuel Cantero wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Also, I've found the followings php files with suspicious code:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/images/favicons/class.wp-date.php
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/old/fedit.php
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/old/Iicense.php
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/scripts/fs-login.php
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/xsl/fs-login.php
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/.git/lndex.php
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/cache/fedit.php
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/cache/Iicense.php
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/.cache.php
>>>>> >
>>>>> > In addition, some gzipped base64 encoded php using some hexadecimal
>>>>> character codes. This "fancy" code is executed via preg_replace with the e
>>>>> modifier.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/images/Iicense.php
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/press/Iicense.php
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/xml/fedit.php
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/head.php
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/static/lndex.php
>>>>> > /srv/www-sugarlabs/www/assets/fs-login.php
>>>>> >
>>>>> > An expert in PHP here?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > This is just Sugar Labs web site. Maybe we have a lot of them in the
>>>>> entire /srv directory. I have to look for it.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 9:03 PM, Samuel Cantero <scanterog at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > Google is right. Our site has been hacked.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > One example: http://www.sugarlabs.org/images/
>>>>> >
>>>>> > There is a URL inyection:
>>>>> http://www.sugarlabs.org/index.php/cialis-10mg/
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I will try to find all URLs not belonging to our site and the root
>>>>> cause.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Bernie Innocenti <
>>>>> bernie at codewiz.org> wrote:
>>>>> > Maybe all we need to do is click the reconsideration request link
>>>>> and see what happens.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Feel free to take control of the domain if you want to see the
>>>>> Google webmaster console.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On October 12, 2015 3:11:53 PM EDT, "Ignacio Rodríguez" <
>>>>> nachoel01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> > Is that updated?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I remember to see some spam in sugarlabs.org (but it was Fixed).
>>>>> >
>>>>> > AS the email says, can we rfetch as Google?  I mean, the tool for
>>>>> that-
>>>>> > Greetings,
>>>>> > Ignacio
>>>>> >
>>>>> > 2015-10-12 16:02 GMT, Sebastian Silva <sebastian at fuentelibre.org>:
>>>>> >  I did a very quick look on the pages reported, and can't find
>>>>> anything
>>>>> >  suspicious with them.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >  On 12/10/15 10:52, Samuel Cantero wrote:
>>>>> >  I can check this later (in 8 hours). I am away from my laptop now.
>>>>> If
>>>>> >  someone has found something please share the info.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >  Regards,
>>>>> >
>>>>> >  On Monday, 12 October 2015, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org
>>>>> >
>>>>> > <mailto:
>>>>> > bernie at codewiz.org>> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Can someone look into this to see if our ancient website really
>>>>> is
>>>>> >      serving "hacked" content?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      *From:* Google Search Console Team <sc-noreply at google.com
>>>>> >      <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sc-noreply at google.com');>>
>>>>> >      *Sent:* October 6, 2015 5:47:40 PM EDT
>>>>> >      *To:* bernie.codewiz at gmail.com
>>>>> >      <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bernie.codewiz at gmail.com');>
>>>>> >      *Subject:* Hacked content detected on http://www.sugarlabs.org/
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Message type: [WNC-633200]
>>>>> >      Search Console
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Hacked content detected on http://www.sugarlabs.org/
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      To: Webmaster of http://www.sugarlabs.org/,
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Google has detected that your site has been hacked by a third
>>>>> >      party who created
>>>>> > malicious content on some of your pages. This
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      critical issue utilizes your site’s reputation to show potential
>>>>> >      visitors unexpected or harmful content on your site or in search
>>>>> >      results. It also lowers the quality of results for Google Search
>>>>> >      users. Therefore, we have applied a manual action to your site
>>>>> >      that will warn users of hacked content when your site appears in
>>>>> >      search results. To remove this warning, clean up the hacked
>>>>> >      content, and file a reconsideration request. After we determine
>>>>> >      that your site no longer has hacked content, we will remove this
>>>>> >      manual action.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Following are some example URLs where we found pages that have
>>>>> >      been compromised. Review them to gain a better sense of where
>>>>> this
>>>>> >      hacked content appears. The list is not exhaustive.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      http://git.sugarlabs.org/python-xkb/mainline/commits/35bdff6
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/publiclab/meetings
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/2015-06-07
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >          Here’s how to fix this problem:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      1
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Check Security Issues for details of the hack
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Use the examples provided in the Security Issues report of
>>>>> Search
>>>>> >      Console to get an initial sample of hacked pages.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Security Issues
>>>>> >
>>>>> >  <
>>>>> https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/kVgkGZKCN3DzN06od04KKAtZ0MELd5xT3j6zpU-JXhXWycXm6bg2W2xxZcBHQshGY9Dbo6BoOE6t4b1qxyCKXO2Q-JbiMgnsBSipGOHR246wqlLQhLLeM2-Pn6UVjijAxh4IQbS8msvmyuCEhUM7SaaWo_iSJfqhdrGgwaX47_mqJlPAYaytPzxHn_TzI8idMH-b6vmj470TW8hQl-j2jruE55uGYSy_3fwvNKAOjSLNHJ11QWPMjSaVMX4IpasNLfbmYxP5PZW_0mGwbkoWtSMNVe3Mq7WU
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      2
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Look for other compromised pages or files on your site
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Be sure to check your entire site, including the homepage, for
>>>>> any
>>>>> >      unfamiliar content that could have been added. The malicious
>>>>> code
>>>>> >      might be placed in HTML, JavaScript, or other files on your
>>>>> site.
>>>>> >      It can also be hidden in places you might overlook, such as
>>>>> server
>>>>> >      configuration files (e.g. .htaccess file) or other dynamic
>>>>> >      scripting pages (e.g. PHP, JSP). It’s important to be thorough
>>>>> in
>>>>> >      your investigation.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      3
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Use the Fetch as Google tool to isolate the malicious content
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Because some pages can appear one way to a user and another way
>>>>> to
>>>>> >      Google crawlers, you can use the Fetch as Google tool to reveal
>>>>> >      some kinds of hacking. Enter URLs from your site in the tool to
>>>>> >      see the pages as Google sees them. If the page has hidden hacked
>>>>> >      content, the tool can reveal that content.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Fetch as Google
>>>>> >
>>>>> >  <
>>>>> https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/I3Dm05ZvmwWJtGtmHNGyYK86h2nzUYGDM-1dIVEnmSHrHs0N84tDyBfUA5iDb72j6B-yiwNg-OrBO0P0PQbrU3v8R5tcVAdzYMv3OpcObaRWw6HuB_hF_vBUQ0wZEYtCIbe16MSxBLicOuFq6SP20C3-AbQorJKlU227T3AeC21nVaTf-KFMOvGO-OFQMdU8_Rthc-UT-ZB7e9_xKK8fusESgfkMAlFFnhedw1Mmy6z-7H7n_sA47L5Kf5TfpXQWf4tNFKZzfwYoKnY8NFJkNqyEOVpVQkAX
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      4
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Remove all malicious content
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      You can also contact your hosting provider and ask them for
>>>>> >      assistance. If you’re having trouble identifying and removing
>>>>> all
>>>>> >      the content on your site that is compromised, consider restoring
>>>>> >      an older backed-up
>>>>> > version of your site.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      5
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Secure your site from any future attacks
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Identify and fix vulnerabilities that caused your site to be
>>>>> >      compromised. Change passwords for administrative accounts.
>>>>> >      Consider contacting your hosting service to get help with the
>>>>> issue.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      6
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Submit a reconsideration request
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Once you fix your site, file for reconsideration to remove this
>>>>> >      manual action. Include any details or documentation that can
>>>>> help
>>>>> >      us understand the changes made to your site.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      Reconsideration Request
>>>>> >
>>>>> >  <
>>>>> https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/mkMChrLY5uOSnnaQ5gbTAFDfGwF9b6RURLy_mBu1favZezzi13VSZPX07YO4eT4qaxKtQQFbGwR5lgEHDrnmLOaVzvClgPw3zw4P5NW1tQCDpPfXWL3li5UfVcsWLvABq0-kSdP0RwG3S-icgEz1HOe4fAssqjSSFWSwdgGpDcsqBZK8h8zWXqgHmAnfU3-a93zxp54EiQASOsPPnMSvqx8oBIco-F5o-Ro4Da3xmZU6HpjdwyGPq_PYyPJ1utqx1VNivc0ptczU9Ga6kc6x_HzwsjXAtvwTwFDuzAqE
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >            Need more help?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      •  Read our guide for hacked sites
>>>>> >
>>>>> >  <
>>>>> https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/IV-1opuTX8iamyLtoalATOnDHD7nAlmgL8CVzxJazsopWNGnaydlADoMVjEnxX6PPmcoakoeoAI_pi9Fr94XUsVcDgZ_5t0jCV4eFMo3ehPi0RqjmdUphK8AeWrRaiNuPE-G8mLJo_0ZxqlIaNYBxdHxDhw9idMBli6GQxEjRhkJdZHPB7crjABDHO7pW3yIGDi2MuVI09y1bKc7QlGI6OTxGFTLmpQsLxGTCflqCA==
>>>>> >.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      •  Learn how to use the Fetch as Google
>>>>> >
>>>>> >  <
>>>>> https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/9Ir-Bt-67WRNvKE9owMrZLp8oZJ1HImuPu4xcaEPRb0JtnzPu6aTmg2CUheZmi-tuwqORJVIvjiPKkndT4yNd0YpPysKDsWv32eQNwCtJ4If7XJl13TyrO9HotNhwd7K9lpUYNvbMjVNl7nYSBHZ7AP4nWHNjelPl4jlZIRAMWdMtDDlsvyDT79bBAs83a7NjBY2D8FnVFd5b7MV3B4prCLse477PGMw_ADsoybItKdyR1bpPjsQ288=
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      tool in our Help Center.
>>>>> >      •  Learn more about reconsideration requests
>>>>> >
>>>>> >  <
>>>>> https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/aQ8PKvfwLMXzVU_Y2JKYswOlSi_DMZlgJxl_1pKoECDrfGb2bMv7ktikhnlpXYFo5pFod5pV_5MID2lXxPnG8JXg2IT2QK4EEHFK5CKy_jEld6vmacZzTy5qkLiQ_KXYEpR3IHJRXl_5bAzuInboteGdP3kowTaHbH0k5_KGdQ-7x_7Uc9S6ZuON2GRJgf_l7VBFlCpYx63dthhREfGl3aJAmrrd5B12fcQXpUS-XivElQ5E4tuW7TZJ6-2t
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>>>>> >      in our Help Center.
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