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| How it spreads |
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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
| Characteristics |
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| Protection available since | 28 October 2005 10:01:27 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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- Endpoint Security and Control 9.0
- Small business solutions 4.0
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W32/Rbot-AUB is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
W32/Rbot-AUB spreads to other network computers by exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including: LSASS (MS04-011), RPC-DCOM (MS04-012), PNP (MS05-039) and ASN.1 (MS04-007).
W32/Rbot-AUB 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-AUB copies itself to <Windows>\whitsoft.exe and creates the file <System>\rofl.sys.
The file rofl.sys is detected as Troj/RKPort-Fam.
The file whitsoft.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "WhitSoft", with a display name of "Whitman Software" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WhitSoft\
The file rofl.sys is registered as a new system driver service named "rofl", with a display name of "rofl". Registry entries are created under:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\rofl\
W32/Rbot-AUB 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\
W32/Rbot-AUB includes functionality to:
- access the internet and communicate with a remote server via HTTP
- steal information
- carry out DDoS attacks
The following patches for the operating system vulnerabilities exploited by W32/Rbot-AUB can be obtained from the Microsoft website:
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