Posted 4/2/2024, 2:33:51 PM
Free Online Scanner Detects Linux Binaries Impacted by XZ Utils Backdoor
- Firmware security firm Binarly released a free online scanner to detect Linux executables impacted by the XZ Utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094).
- The scanner examines transitions marked suspicious during implantation of malicious IFUNC resolvers.
- It uses behavioral analysis to detect variants if similar backdoors are implanted elsewhere.
- The detection works even after recompilation or code changes.
- The online scanner at xz.fail allows unlimited free checks of binary files.