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W32/Korgo-R

Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Included in our products from August 2004 (3.84)
Protection available since 24 June 2004 14:56:54 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

W32/Korgo-R is a network worm using the LSASS exploit to propagate (MS04-011). When executed the worm copies itself to the Windows system folder using a randomly generate name and creates the following registry entry so that the worm starts when a user logs on:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Windows Update = <Windows system folder>\<random name>.exe

During infection the worm will also use the temporary registry value
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wireless\Client = 1ID = <random string>

W32/Korgo-R scans random IP addresses attempting to exploit them, and
sending the results to a remote PHP script. Infected machines run a
basic web server on ports TCP/2000-8191 and will serve the worms content
upon connection.

W32/Korgo-R includes a backdoor component which can be used to upload and
run files on the infected computer.

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