The xz attack shell script
Read OriginalThis technical article by Russ Cox dissects the shell script component of the 2024 xz backdoor attack. It explains how the attacker injected malicious shell code during the configure and make stages to embed a nefarious object file, hiding it within test files. The post details the script's purpose, its update mechanism, and how it leveraged GNU indirect functions (ifunc) to compromise security early in program execution.
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