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Worm.Linux.Adm
– An internet worm that infects Linux systems. The worm
sends a short piece of its code to remote computers, executes it, then
downloads the rest of its code and runs it.
Source of spreading
: Via the network. It spreads its copies (infects remote
Linux systems) exploiting a “loophole” in the Linux security system (the
so-called buffer overflow loophole). This loophole allows executable
code to be sent to a remote computer and be executed there without
the administrator’s (or the user’s knowledge).
