GNOME gnome-remote-desktop Session Agent الكشف عن المعلومات

I encountered this vulnerability back in 2022, when I found out that a bad actor with local access to my machines and systems had installed VMs (Ubuntu, Kali Linux) via Parallel Desktop and was running them for years. Find below, system logs showing these unauthorized gnome Remote Desktop installation

Jul
18 13:47:39 ubuntu-linux-22-04-desktop gnome-shell[838]: Using Wayland display name 'wayland-o'
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org.gnome.Shell.desktop[945]: (WW) Option "-listen" for file descriptors is deprecated
13:47:39 ubuntu-linux-22-04-desktop org.gnome.Shell.desktop[945]: Please use "-listenfd" instead.
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buntu inux-22-04-desktop org.gnome.Shell. desktop 945]: (se use issen instile descriptors is deprecated
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ubuntu-linux-22-04-desktop org.gnome.Shell.desktop[945]: libEGL warning: pci id for fd 9: 1ab8:0010, driver (null)
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org.gnome.Shell.desktop[945]: pci id for fd 10: 1ab8:0010, driver (null)
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systemd-networkd[499]: enp0s5: Gained IPv6LL
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systemd-timesyncd[507]: Network configuration changed, trying to establish connection.
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systemd-networkd-wait-online[522]: managing: enpos5
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systemd[1]: Finished Wait for Network to be Configured.
13:47:39 ubuntu-linux-22-04-desktop
systemd [1]: Reached target Network is Online.
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systemd [1]:
Started Download data for packages that failed at package install time.
13:47:39 ubuntu-linux-22-04-desktop
systemd [1]:
Started Check to see whether there is a new version of Ubuntu available.
Jul
18
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systemd [1]:
Reached target Timer Units.
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systemd[1]:
Started Make remote CUPS printers available locally.
systemd [1]:
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ubuntu-linux-22-04-desktop systemd[1]:
Stadition che restined a buntu ectanta ge or ken At ach beton tures skipped.
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systemd [1]:
Started crash report submission.
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18
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systemd-resolved[523]: Using degraded feature set UDP instead of UDP+EDNSO for DNS server 10.211.55.1.
13:47:39 ubuntu-linux-22-04-desktop
systemd[1]: kerneloops.service: Found left-over process 950 (kerneloops) in control group while starting unit. Ignoring.
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systemd[1]: This usually indicates unclean termination of a previous run, or service implementation deficiencies.
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systemd[1]: Started Tool to automatically collect and submit kernel crash signatures.
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18
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linux-
•22-04-desktop whoopsie[949]:
[13:47:39] Using lock path: /var/lock/whoopsie/lock
Jul
18
13:47:39 ubuntu-linux-22-04-desktop systemd[1]: whoopsie.service: Deactivated successfully.
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18 13:47:39 ubuntu-linux-22-04-desktop kernel: [
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6. 601118] audit: type=1400 audit (1658152059.940:37): apparmor="DENIED" operation="capable" profile="/usr/sbin/cups-browsed" pid=947 comm="cups-brow
capability=23
capname="sys nice"
Jul
18 13:47:39 ubuntu-linux-22-04-desktop dbus-daemon [803]: [session uid=129 pid=803] Successfully activated service 'org. freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files'
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18
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ubuntu-linux-22-04-desktop systemd[790]:
Started Tracker file system data miner.
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ubuntu-linux-22-04-desktop systemd[790]: Started Tracker metadata extractor.
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systemd [790]: Reached target Main User Target. systemd [790]: Startup finished in 1.045s.
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gnome - shell[838]: Unset XDG_SESSION_ID,
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gnome-shell[838]: Will monitor session c1
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dbus-daemon [6511: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org. freedesktop. locale1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop. locale1 service' requested by ':1.32' (uid=
129
pid=838 comm=" /us/bin/gnome - shell label="unconfined")
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18 13:47:40 ubuntu-linux-22-04-desktop systemd [1]:
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Starting Locale Service...
/us/Libexec/gdm-wayland-session[812]: dbus-daemon[812]: [session uid=129 pid=812] Activating service name='org. freedesktop.impl.portal.PermissionStore' request
ed by
':1.2'
(uid=129 pid=838 comm=" /usr/bin/gnome-shell label="unconfined")
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ubuntu-linux-22-04-desktop /us/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[812]: dbus-daemon[812]: [session uid=129 pid=812] Successfully activated service 'org. freedesktop. impl portal.PermissionStore'