W32/Rbot-DPM

Category: Viruses and Spyware Protection available since:07 Apr 2006 00:00:00 (GMT)
Type: Win32 worm Last Updated:07 Apr 2006 00:00:00 (GMT)
Prevalence: Small Number of Reports

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W32/Rbot-DPM is a worm for the Windows platform.

W32/Rbot-DPM spreads

- to computers vulnerable to common exploits, including: LSASS (MS04-011), RPC-DCOM (MS04-012), WKS (MS03-049), PNP (MS05-039) and ASN.1 (MS04-007)
- to MSSQL servers protected by weak passwords
- to network shares

The backdoor component connects to an IRC server and awaits commands from remote attackers. W32/Rbot-DPM is a worm for the Windows platform.

When first run W32/Rbot-DPM copies itself to <System>\snmoo.exe

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

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Inom
snmoo.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Inom
snmoo.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Inom
snmoo.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Inom
snmoo.exe

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKCU\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Inom
snmoo.exe

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
Inom
snmoo.exe

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Inom
snmoo.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
Inom
snmoo.exe

W32/Rbot-DPM spreads

- to computers vulnerable to common exploits, including: LSASS (MS04-011), RPC-DCOM (MS04-012), WKS (MS03-049), PNP (MS05-039) and ASN.1 (MS04-007)
- to MSSQL servers protected by weak passwords
- to network shares

The backdoor component connects to an IRC server and awaits commands from remote attackers.

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