[GRLUG] Rogue SSH Connections

L. V. Lammert lvl at omnitec.net
Mon Oct 7 15:58:09 EDT 2013


Got one! The Linux box tried to open an ssh connection from 60301 on .252,
.. which leaves the two connections described previously.

On the BSD box:

lvl      sshd       28242    5* internet stream tcp 0xd8fcc7ec 206.197.251.191:2206 <-- 206.197.251.252:60301
root     sshd        9103    5* internet stream tcp 0xd8fcc7ec 206.197.251.191:2206 <-- 206.197.251.252:60301

tcpdump shows the connection from .252:

14:28:15.259420 marvel.omnitec.net.60301 > apollo.omnitec.net.2206: S
2950403490:2950403490(0) win 14600 <mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 405541957
0,nop,wscale 7> (DF)
14:28:15.259723 marvel.omnitec.net.60301 > apollo.omnitec.net.2206: . ack
1733911734 win 115 <nop,nop,timestamp 405541957 3356340392> (DF)

BUT there is no process using 60301 on the Linux box:

# lsof | grep 60301

<blank>

Something is opening a connection and then dropping, .. there is a keypair
for user lvl (me), but with it disabled nothing changed.

Any more thoughts on how to isolate the source on the Linux box?

	Thanks!

	Lee


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