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W32/Rbot-DPM

Aliases
  • Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.awg
  • W32/Sdbot.PAM
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 8 April 2006 16:08:53 (GMT)
Last updated 19 April 2006 12:42:11 (GMT)
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More Information

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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