ELF/SShPass.F910!tr

Analysis

ELF/SShPass.F910!tr is a detection for an Elf trojan. Below are some of its observed characteristics/behaviours:

• This detection is for a modified version of sshpass which is a utility to avoid user TTY functionality of normal ssh utility. This utility can be used to compromise a given Linux system.


• Below is an illustration difference between a normal sshpass via normal repository and the modified version:
  

  Figure 1: SShPass.

  
  

Recommended Action

• Make sure that your FortiGate/FortiClient system is using the latest AV database.
• Quarantine/delete files that are detected and replace infected files with clean backup copies.