Malware type: Worm

Aliases: Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.gen (Kaspersky), W32/Sdbot.worm.gen (McAfee), W32.Spybot.Worm (Symantec), Worm/Rbot.NI (Avira), W32/Rbot-LU (Sophos), Backdoor:Win32/Rbot (Microsoft)

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

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

Encrypted: No

Description: 

This worm takes advantage of the following Windows vulnerabilities:

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

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

• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-007
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011

It also attempts to log on to systems using a list of user names and passwords. It drops a copy of itself into accessible machines.

This worm has backdoor capabilities. It executes commands sent in via Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

It steals the CD keys of popular game applications.

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. 9, 2004 10:55:11 AM GMT -0800
Description updated: Sep. 9, 2004 11:03:06 AM GMT -0800

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