Malware type: Worm

In the wild: No

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP

Encrypted: No

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:

• Buffer Overfow in Universal Plug and Play
• Elevation of Privilege in SQL Server Web Tasks
• RPC Locator vulnerability
• IIS5/WEBDAV Buffer Overflow vulnerability
• Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) vulnerability
• MS Workstation Service Vulnerability
• Buffer Overrun in LSASS Could Allow Code Execution

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

• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-061
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-007
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-001
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-11
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-059
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-049

It also has backdoor capabilities and may execute malicious commands on the host machine. It terminates antivirus-related processes and steals the Windows product ID and the CD keys of certain game applications.

It also disables access to certain antivirus Web sites by modifying the Windows HOSTS file.

This worm runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP.

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

Description created: Sep. 1, 2004 2:09:46 AM GMT -0800
Description updated: Sep. 1, 2004 2:44:12 AM GMT -0800

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