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WORM_AGOBOT.FF
Overview

Malware type: Worm

Aliases: Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.aem (Kaspersky), Worm/Rbot.381952.8 (Avira),

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows 2000, XP

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:


Reported infections:

Damage potential:

High

Distribution potential:

High

Description: 

This memory-resident worm exploits certain vulnerabilities to propagate across networks. Like the earlier AGOBOT variants, it takes advantage of the following Windows vulnerabilities:

  • Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) vulnerability
  • IIS5/WEBDAV Buffer Overflow vulnerability
  • RPC Locator vulnerability

For more information about these Windows vulnerabilities, please refer to the following Microsoft Web pages:

It attempts to log on to systems using a predefined list of user names and passwords.

It also has backdoor capabilities and may execute malicious commands on the host machine. It terminates antivirus-related processes and dropped files by other malware. It also steals CD keys of certain game applications.

It runs on Windows 2000 and XP.

For additional information about this threat, see:
Solution
Technical Details

Description created: Jan. 9, 2004 3:24:31 AM GMT -0800
Description updated: Jan. 9, 2004 3:24:30 AM GMT -0800

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