Re: dcom worm released

[Johannes Ullrich <jullrich () euclidian com>]

> To clarify --  I'm talking about a worm based around the
> exploit.

For the last few days (maybe its a full week now), we
do see SDBot variants that include the RPC DCOM exploit.
This has so far explained the increase in rpc scan
activity. At this point, I don't think they qualify
as a 'worm'. But its close.

http://www.dshield.org/port_report.php?port=135&recax=1&tarax=1

On the other hand, SQL Slammer is still a lot more 
active at this point:


http://www.dshield.org/port_report.php?port=1434&recax=1&tarax=1

> On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 06:34:02AM -0400, Len Rose wrote:
> > It seems to be true.. I haven't seen any
> > code yet but-- 
> >
> > http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-August/007717.html
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