W32/Kassbot-P

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W32/Kassbot-P is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

W32/Kassbot-P 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/Kassbot-P 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)

- copying itself to network shares protected by weak passwords

- via AOL Instant Messenger

W32/Kassbot-P includes functionality to:
- perform DDoS attacks
- terminates security and anti-virus related processes
- downloads code from the internet
- perform port scanning

When first run W32/Kassbot-P copies itself to <Windows>\win32dll.exe.

The file win32dll.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "winconfig.exe", with a display name of "winconfig.exe" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\winconfig.exe\

W32/Kassbot-P sets the following registry entries, disabling the automatic startup of other software:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger
Start
4

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry
Start
4

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TlntSvr
Start
4

Registry entries are set as follows:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
DoNotAllowXPSP2
1

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
N

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
restrictanonymous
1

Registry entries are created under:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile\