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W32/Rbot-BLE

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 14 January 2006 22:51:13 (GMT)
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Action

More Information

W32/Rbot-BLE is a Trojan for the Windows platform.

W32/Rbot-BLE spreads to other network computers by exploiting weak passwords on computers and exploiting common buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including: LSASS (MS04-011), RPC-DCOM (MS04-012) and PNP (MS05-039).

W32/Rbot-BLE 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-BLE copies itself to <System>\mscunt32.exe.

The following registry entries are created to run mscunt32.exe on startup:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Microsoft Update Schedule
mscunt32.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Microsoft Update Schedule
mscunt32.exe

The following registry entry is set:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
Microsoft Update Schedule
mscunt32.exe

W32/Rbot-BLE may also drop a downloader detected as Troj/Monurl-Fam as bac.exe in root folder.

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