How to Install and Uninstall cymothoa Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "cymothoa" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install cymothoa on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cymothoa
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cymothoa" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall cymothoa on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cymothoa
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cymothoa package on Kali Linux

Package: cymothoa
Version: 1-beta-1kali3
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 90
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Homepage: https://cymothoa.sourceforge.net/
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Filename: pool/main/c/cymothoa/cymothoa_1-beta-1kali3_amd64.deb
Size: 16272
SHA256: ed92b86b389a3afbbe7775e0567102538223a4ccea110ede8614d70b6ee54bae
SHA1: a09fa6da6fad2d82cd6a7be067e7bab3a55b7dec
MD5sum: e19884640cf3efbdfee1dff8223ec73e
Description: Stealth backdooring tool
Cymothoa is a stealth backdooring tool, that inject
backdoor's shellcode into an existing process. The tool
uses the ptrace library (available on nearly all * nix), to
manipulate processes and infect them.
Description-md5: