W32/Rbot-AUG is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-AUG spreads to other network computers by exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including: LSASS (MS04-011), RPC-DCOM (MS04-012), WKS (MS03-049) (CAN-2003-0812), MSSQL (MS02-039) (CAN-2002-0649) and PNP (MS05-039) and by copying itself to network shares protected by weak passwords.
W32/Rbot-AUG runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.
When first run W32/Rbot-AUG copies itself to <System>\fumeta.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run fumeta.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft DLL
fumeta.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Microsoft DLL
fumeta.exe
W32/Rbot-AUG sets the following registry entries, disabling the automatic startup of other software:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv
Start
4
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess
Start
4
Note: disabling autostart for the SharedAccess service deactivates the Microsoft Internet Connection Firewall (ICF).
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Microsoft DLL
fumeta.exe
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
50
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
MaxConnectionsPerServer
50
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
restrictanonymous
1