W32/Rbot-SD is a network worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-SD spreads using a variety of techniques including exploiting weak passwords on computers and SQL servers, exploiting operating system vulnerabilities and using backdoors opened by other worms or Trojans.
W32/Rbot-SD can be controlled by a remote attacker over IRC channels. The backdoor component of W32/Rbot-SD can be instructed by a remote user to perform the following functions:
- start an FTP server
- start a proxy server
- start a web server
- take part in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks
- log keypresses
- capture screen/webcam images
- packet sniffing
- port scanning
- download/execute arbitrary files
- start a remote shell (RLOGIN)
W32/Rbot-SD is a network worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-SD spreads using a variety of techniques including exploiting weak passwords on computers and SQL servers, exploiting operating system vulnerabilities (including DCOM-RPC, LSASS, WebDAV and UPNP) and using backdoors opened by other worms or Trojans.
W32/Rbot-SD can be controlled by a remote attacker over IRC channels. The backdoor component of W32/Rbot-SD can be instructed by a remote user to perform the following functions:
- start an FTP server
- start a proxy server
- start a web server
- take part in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks
- log keypresses
- capture screen/webcam images
- packet sniffing
- port scanning
- download/execute arbitrary files
- start a remote shell (RLOGIN)
The worm copies itself to a file named iexpl0re.exe in the Windows system folder and creates the following registry entries:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
""
"iexpl0re.exe"
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
""
"iexpl0re.exe"
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\
""
"iexpl0re.exe"
Patches for the operating system vulnerabilities exploited by W32/Rbot-SD can be obtained from Microsoft at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-039.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-007.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-059.mspx