W32/Rbot-BFR

Category: Viruses and Spyware
Type: Win32 worm
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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W32/Rbot-BFR is a network worm with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

W32/Rbot-BFR 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), PNP (MS05-039) and ASN.1 (MS04-007)
- by copying itself to network shares protected by weak passwords

W32/Rbot-BFR 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. W32/Rbot-BFR is a network worm with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

W32/Rbot-BFR 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), PNP (MS05-039) and ASN.1 (MS04-007)
- by copying itself to network shares protected by weak passwords

W32/Rbot-BFR 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-BFR copies itself to <System>\winsrt.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run winsrt.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows SRT Client
winsrt.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows SRT Client
winsrt.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Windows SRT Client
winsrt.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Windows SRT Client
winsrt.exe

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCU\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Windows SRT Client
winsrt.exe

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Windows SRT Client
winsrt.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Windows SRT Client
winsrt.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
Windows SRT Client
winsrt.exe

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