Malware type: Elf Executable

Aliases: Trojan.Linux.Hacktop (Kaspersky), Linux/Hacktop (McAfee), Trojan.Linux.Hacktop (Symantec), TR/Linux.Hacktop.2 (Avira),

In the wild: No

Destructive: Yes

Language: English

Platform: Linux, Unix

Encrypted: No

Description: 

This Root Kit Trojan with an Executable and Linking Format (ELF)runs on Unix/Linux platforms. It appears as a normal ELF program, TOP, to hide its malicious routines. TOP is a network traffic and process viewer used on Unix systems. When resident, it grants a remote user administrator priveleges to its affected system. It also retrieves information from the affected system and sends it to a remote user.

This malware compromises network security.

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Description created: Apr. 2, 2003 2:46:07 AM GMT -0800
Description updated: Apr. 2, 2003 2:46:12 AM GMT -0800

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