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Linux keylogger without root or sudo! Is it real?
Is it possible for a malicious website to install a key logger on my Ubuntu desktop?
If so, how can I detect and deactivate the key logger?
alfi
Posted 2011-05-25T23:53:21.297
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It is possible, though unlikely. It would be more likely to have a repository that is hacked to include a keylogger.
For more information, see this answer
soandos
Posted 2011-05-25T23:53:21.297
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2One obvious way: hack the Ubuntu repositories and add a keylogger component to, say, the Xorg package. – CarlF – 2011-06-24T13:25:02.373
1The incredible lack of detail and ridiculous claims in this answer is amazing. Almost as amazing as the fact that it was selected as the right one. – Breakthrough – 2011-06-24T15:09:05.147
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There is a claim of a Linux keylogger that doesn't need root.
See this other question Linux keylogger without root or sudo! Is it real?
Mike Rowave
Posted 2011-05-25T23:53:21.297
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As long as you are not running as root user it should not be possible. – Keith – 2011-05-26T00:40:51.747
even on home folder/browser? – alfi – 2011-05-26T00:48:04.763
A key logger would have to hook into the kernel event device, or X messages. Regular users don't have permissions to do that. – Keith – 2011-05-26T01:19:35.210
@Keith: False, see
xinput. – cYrus – 2012-08-09T21:55:19.857@cYrus That is for X windows, and X runs as root. It's basically acting as a proxy. The actual device node is usually protected from non-root access. – Keith – 2012-08-09T22:25:36.010