RE: [Full-Disclosure] whoch DCOM exploit code are they speaking about here?

From: Elvar (elvar_at_ooz.net)
Date: 09/17/03

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    Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 23:16:41 -0500
    
    

    I realize it's probably just my lack of skills, but this doesn't seem to
    compile unmodified. I do not know any C / CPP so I can't figure out what to
    fix to make it compile if it does indeed need modification.

    Elvar

    -lick your wounds

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    I think this would be the one...

    http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0309-exploits/09.16.MS03-039-exp.c

    Ed

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    From: "Josh Karp" <jkarp@visionael.com>
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    Subject: [Full-Disclosure] whoch DCOM exploit code are they speaking about
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    >
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/09/16/nati
    > onal1842EDT0790.DTL
    >
    <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/09/16/nat
    > ional1842EDT0790.DTL>
    >
    > Security researchers on Tuesday detected hackers distributing software to
    > break into computers using flaws announced last week in some versions of
    > Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
    > The threat from this new vulnerability -- which already has drawn stern
    > warnings from the Homeland Security Department -- is remarkably similar to
    > one that allowed the Blaster virus to infect hundreds of thousands of
    > computers last month.
    > The discovery gives fresh impetus for tens of millions of Windows users --
    > inside corporations and in their homes -- to immediately apply a free
    > repairing patch from Microsoft. Homeland Security officials have warned
    that
    > attacks could result in a "significant impact" on the operation of the
    > Internet.
    > Researchers from iDefense Inc. of Reston, Va., who found the new attack
    > software being distributed from a Chinese Web site, said it was already
    > being used to break into vulnerable computers and implant eavesdropping
    > programs. They said they expect widespread attacks similar to the Blaster
    > infection within days.
    > "It's fairly likely," said Ken Dunham, a senior iDefense analyst.
    "Certainly
    > we'll see new variants in the next few hours or days."
    > Microsoft confirmed it was studying the new attack tool.
    > Last month's Blaster infection spread just days after hackers began
    > distributing tools for breaking into Windows computers using a related
    > software flaw. That infection disrupted computers at the Federal Reserve
    in
    > Atlanta, Maryland's motor vehicle agency and the Minnesota transportation
    > department.
    > The latest Windows flaws, announced Sept. 10, were nearly identical to
    those
    > exploited by the Blaster worm. Computer users who applied an earlier patch
    > in July to protect themselves still must install the new patch from
    > Microsoft, available from its Web site.
    > Amy Carroll, a director in Microsoft's security business unit, said 63
    > percent more people have already downloaded the latest patch than
    downloaded
    > the patch for last month's similar vulnerability during the same five-day
    > period.
    > "We've continued to beat the drum, to give people better awareness,"
    Carroll
    > said. "We have seen some success."
    > The latest hacker tool was relatively polished. It gives hackers access to
    > victims' computers by creating a new account with the name "e" with a
    preset
    > password. iDefense said the tool includes options to attack two Windows
    2000
    > versions that are commonly used inside corporations.
    > The tool being distributed Tuesday did not include an option to break into
    > computers running Microsoft's latest operating systems, such as Windows XP
    > or Windows Server 2003, but iDefense said it expected such modifications
    to
    > make it more dangerous.
    >
    > On the Net:
    > Microsoft warning:
    > www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-039.asp
    > <http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-039.asp>
    > Homeland Security warning:
    > www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2003/Advisory9102003.htm
    > <http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2003/Advisory9102003.htm>
    >
    >
    >
    >

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