Re: [Full-Disclosure] smarter dcom worm

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Date: 08/13/03

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    Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:55:44 +0700
    
    

    imho netbios and tftp are good enough transport and better then ftp since
    there would be much more overhead bandwidth with ftp but should it
    propagates through emails too that'd be much better.. as most backbone and
    isp gives high priority to emails... and yes i agree the payload should be
    more intresting.. such as invecting files and such rather then doing a
    DDOS...

    just my $0.02

    Ed

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "gml" <gml@phrick.net>
    To: "'Justin Shin'" <zorkshin@tampabay.rr.com>;
    "'Full-Disclosure@Lists.Netsys.Com'" <full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com>
    Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 6:57 AM
    Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] smarter dcom worm

    > I agree with Justin. You would think that by now someone would write a
    > random address generator that would solve the obvious timing problems that
    > Most worms seem to suffer from. I was thinking more along the lines of
    > Generating a random IP but on the first 3 octets and going through the
    > Entire class C. Also, why did this worm carry around a dummy tftp server?
    > NetBIOS is available as a transport method natively in the target OS.
    > Don't get me wrong NetBIOS isn't the most reliable of network file systems
    > But it is certainly more lightweight to use this approach than an embedded
    > tftp server. I think it also solves that whole filtering "problem" to an
    > extent. I am also not trying to encourage, this worm was a serious pain
    for
    > me this week as I imagine it was for a lot of people.
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: full-disclosure-admin@lists.netsys.com
    > [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@lists.netsys.com] On Behalf Of Justin Shin
    > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 6:32 PM
    > To: Full-Disclosure@Lists.Netsys.Com
    > Subject: [Full-Disclosure] smarter dcom worm
    >
    > As many people have said, this worm sucks. First of all, look at the host
    > discovery mechanism. Random IP's are sooooo outdated. A better idea? Start
    > with:
    >
    > 1. Subnet (192.168.x.x)
    > 2. WAN Address [for nat's] (24.31.34.x)
    > 3. Incremental WAN (24.31.x.x)
    >
    > Obviously not a new idea but also not a bad one. I am sure that your
    average
    > college-level math professor could simplify the host discovery process.
    >
    > tftp: slow, old, but easy to use. probably straight up ftp would be a
    better
    > dropping protocol, no?
    >
    > registry/run is the oldest known startup method. try actually using
    MULTIPLE
    > startups, like Registry RunServices, RunOnce, RunServicesOnce,
    AUTOEXEC.BAT,
    > SYSTEM.INI, WIN.INI, WINSTART.BAT, WINITIT.INI, CONFIG.SYS ... etc.
    >
    > once installed, the program should spawn copies of itself, using startup
    > methods, hidden files, fake system exes, etc. it should block out
    filenames
    > of patches, windowsupdate stuff, fixes, to stop newbies from fixing it.
    >
    > the worm should also have a more interesting payload -- such as lookin at
    > inetpub and htdocs, etc.

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