An attacker can create a root shell on a Linux machine using a backdoor Trojan and a Metasploit payload. This video demonstrates the ease with which an attacker can. create a. root shell. Using a backdoor and a payload payload, an attacker creates a root. shell on Linux machines using a. backdoor Trojan. The video was posted on SecurityTube.com and has been viewed as a live webcast on YouTube.com since March 31, 2013. It is the first time this video has been shown that an attacker has created a root. shell.
Source: https://threatpost.com/ubuntu-package-backdoor-using-metasploit-091509/72289/