ftproot> folder with no name

Gaston Pita · Jul 23, 2003

I have a folder in ftproot
with no name,
I can not delete it.....

HELP ME PLEASE

Miha Pihler · Jul 23, 2003

Hi Gaston,

follow instructions in this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;120716

It looks like your server is exploitable (has some serious security hole).
Try to figure out what is is. Most likely -- anonymous FTP access. My advice
would be to remove it...

Karl Levinson [x y] mvp · Jul 24, 2003

Agreed. Just deleting the folder won't prevent you from being hacked a
second time. See here for more information:

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#ftpfolder
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#hacked

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#re-secure
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#harden

Jack Ali · Aug 1, 2003

Karl Levinson [x y] mvp said:
Agreed. Just deleting the folder won't prevent you from being hacked a
second time. See here for more information:

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#ftpfolder
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#hacked

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#re-secure
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#harden

I just discovered the same hack on our ftp server. I deleted the files
but I am curious to how it was done and what it is that we might have
left open.

Thanks!

ftproot> folder with no name

Gaston Pita

Miha Pihler

Karl Levinson [x y] mvp

Jack Ali