> It doesn't matter.

To understand the exact behavior and extend of the backdoor, this does matter. An end to end proof of how it works is exactly what was needed.

> A way to check if servers are vulnerable is probably by querying the package manager

Yes, this has been know since the initial report + later discovering what exact strings are present for the payload.

https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/master/yara/b...

> Not very sophisticated, but it'll work.

Unfortunately, we live in a world with closed-servers and appliances - being able as a customer or pen tester rule out certain class of security issues without having the source/insights available is usually desirable.