[om-infra] Wiki page with spam or...

Jean-Claude Vanier jclvanier at gmail.com
Sat Feb 20 14:49:52 EST 2016


And thanks to our so efficient watcher !

2016-02-20 20:38 GMT+01:00 Jean-Claude Vanier <jclvanier at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
> -- the linked site is commercial and has nothing to see with us.
> -- the wiki page seems to have been modified on 1 February 2016‎ for
> the last time
> -- MandrMan seems to have been created on 28 December 2015 at 23:14
> -- He has no special permission
> -- His password hash is strange:
> :pbkdf2:sha256:10000:128:9ee6ECosuGslxFuL3LN9Hg==:TivWzleamusf3TbESjAq4yprpTr2auoXOuPOevDtos4hioBRJ9KRARDmoiVQ3J0QrFSiqVYUX73UdCPpoHp4khQoTp+P+wp1CothwoTDoxd32gX6sdh4Lw2sxn9MlUAhCwFdP7MpxaseSCNeRnFf1XZOwrWoxjhWw8QPlPkmBz8=
> -- his email is: jordan.sanders at devart.com
>
>
> ==>
> We could:
> -- safely delete the page
> -- safely delete this "user"
> We should also analyze the logs to get a clue on how the registration
> has been done. My guess is that he simply used a direct link like this
> one:
> index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup
> that enables anyone to register. But maybehe used other parameters
> that give the right to edit a page. I didn't test yet.
>
> ==> though the release we use (1.25.3) is maintained till June, we
> should upgrade media wiki to the current version : 1.26.2
>
> 2016-02-20 16:10 GMT+01:00 Wayne Sallee <Wayne at waynesallee.com>:
>> The information was also not put in any of the sub-categories, which make it
>> look like a bot.
>>
>> Wayne Sallee
>> Wayne at WayneSallee.com
>>
>> On 02/19/2016 08:45 AM, rugyada wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Please have a look to our wiki page here
>>> https://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/Systemconnectivity
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if it's spam or something useful (uhm... this linked
>>> site has a big "BUY" button which made me mistrustful:P )
>>>
>>>
>>
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