W32/Rbot-GPL is a network worm and IRC backdoor for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-GPL spreads
- to computers vulnerable to common exploits, including: SRVSVC (MS06-040), RPC
-DCOM (MS04-012), ASN.1 (MS04-007), RealVNC (CVE-2006-2369) and Symantec (SYM06-010)
- to MSSQL servers protected by weak passwords
- to network shares protected by weak passwords
The following patches for the operating system vulnerabilities exploited by the
worm can be obtained from the Microsoft website:
MS06-040
MS04-012
MS04-007
W32/Rbot-GPL is a network worm and IRC backdoor for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-GPL spreads
- to computers vulnerable to common exploits, including: SRVSVC (MS06-040), RPC
-DCOM (MS04-012), ASN.1 (MS04-007), RealVNC (CVE-2006-2369) and Symantec (SYM06-010)
- to MSSQL servers protected by weak passwords
- to network shares protected by weak passwords
The following patches for the operating system vulnerabilities exploited by the
worm can be obtained from the Microsoft website:
MS06-040MS04-012MS04-007 W32/Rbot-GPL 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 W32/Rbot-GPL is installed it creates the file <System>\WinSecUp.exe.
The following registry entries are created to run WinSecUp.exe on startup:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft
WinSecUp.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Microsoft
WinSecUp.exe