Re: Sanity worm defaces websites using php bug

[sgorman1 () gmu edu]

 there is this from f-secure with some detail of after effects.  

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/santy_a.shtml


----- Original Message -----
From: cw <nanog () fidei co uk>
Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 3:47 pm
Subject: Re: Sanity worm defaces websites using php bug

> Does anyone have any more detail on exactly what this thing does 
> after 
> it gets into a system?
>
> The cgi platform for a company I use has been hit and the effect 
> is 
> not just limited to phpBB, it seems to get into the server and 
> then go 
> through everything it can write to..
>
> I lost a copy of UBB to this worm even though I don't rund phpBB 
> off 
> the same vhost.
>
> Gonna be a nightmare for server ops to ensure that all client 
> copies 
> of phpBB are patched..