Virus:Worm/RBot.108032.9
Type:Worm
In the wild:Yes
Reported Infections:Low
Distribution Potential:Medium
Damage Potential:Medium
Static file:Yes
File size:108.032 Bytes
MD5 checksum:fdc204a4c4a1f45f6969b3d4b5c9d94b

 General Method of propagation:
   • Local network


Aliases:
   •  Symantec: W32.Spybot.Worm
   •  Sophos: W32/Rbot-Fam
   •  Bitdefender: Backdoor.RBot.9B4F60F0


Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 95
   • Windows 98
   • Windows 98 SE
   • Windows NT
   • Windows ME
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003


Side effects:
   • Lowers security settings
   • Records keystrokes
   • Registry modification
   • Makes use of software vulnerability
   • Steals information
   • Third party control

 Files It copies itself to the following location:
   • %SYSDIR%\sxw.exe



It deletes the initially executed copy of itself.

 Registry The following registry keys are added in order to run the processes after reboot:

– HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
   • "Winx Firewall"="sxw.exe"

– HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
   • "Winx Firewall"="sxw.exe"

– HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
   • "Winx Firewall"="sxw.exe"

 Network Infection In order to ensure its propagation the malware attemps to connect to other machines as described below.

It drops copies of itself to the following network shares:
   • IPC$
   • C$
   • C$\windows\system32
   • c$\winnt\system32
   • ADMIN$\system32\
   • ADMIN$


It uses the following login information in order to gain access to the remote machine:

–Cached usernames and passwords.

– The following list of usernames:
   • Abdulrazak; Ackerman; Adams; Addison; Adelstein; Adibe; Adorno;
      Ahlers; Alavi; Alcorn; Alda; Aleks; Allison; Alongi; Altavilla;
      Altenberger; Altenhofen; Amaral; Amatangelo; Ameer; Amsden; Anand;
      Andel; Ando; Andrelus; Andron; Anfinrud; Ansley; Anthony; Antos;
      Arbia; Arduini; Arellano; Aristotle; Arjas; Arky; Atkins; Augustus;
      Aurelius; Axelrod; Axworthy; Ayiemba; Aykroyd; Ayling; Azima;
      Bachmuth; Backus; Bady; Baglivo; Bagnold; Bailar; Bakanowsky; Baleja;
      Ballatori; Ballew; Baltz; Banta; Barabesi; Barajas; Baranczak;
      Baranowska; Barberi; Barbetti; Barneson; Barnett; Barriola; Barry;
      Bartholomew; Bartolome; Bartoo; Basavappa; Bashevis; Batchelder;
      Baumiller; Bayles; Bayo; Beacon; Beal; Bean; Beckman; Beder; Bedford;
      Behenna; Belanger; Belaoussof; Belfer; Belin-Collart; Bellavance;
      Bellhouse; Bellini; Belloc; Benedict-Dye; Bergson; Berke-Jenkins;
      Bernardo; Bernassola; Bernston; Berrizbeitia; Betti; Beynart;
      Biagioli; Bickel; Binion; Bir; Bisema; Bisho; Blackbourn; Blackwell;
      Blagg; Blakemore; Blanke; Bliss; Blizard; Bloch; Bloembergen;
      Bloemhof; Bloxham; Blyth; Bolger; Bolick; Bollinger; Bologna; Boner;
      Bonham; Boniface; Bontempo; Book; Bookbinder; Boone; Boorstin; Borack;
      Borden; Bossi; Bothman; Botosh; Boudin; Boudrot; Bourneuf; Bowers;
      Boxer; Boyajian; Boyes; Boyland; Boym; Boyne; Bracalente; Bradac;
      Bradach; Brecht; Breed; Brenan; Brennan; Brewer; Brewer; Bridgeman;
      Bridges; Brinton; Britz; Broca; Brook; Brzycki; Buchan; Budding;
      Bullard; Bunton; Burden; Burdzy; Burke; Burridge; Busetta; Byatt;
      Byerly; Byrd; Cage; Calnan; Cammelli; Cammilleri; Canley; Capanni;
      Caperton; Capocaccia; Capodilupo; Cappuccio; Capursi; Caratozzolo;
      Carayannopoulos; Carlin; Carlos; Carlyle; Carmichael; Caroti; Carper;
      Cartmill; Cascio; Case; Caspar; Castelda; Cavanagh; Cavell; Ceniceros;
      Cerioli; Chapman; Charles; Cheang; Cherry; Chervinsky; Chiassino;
      Chien; Childress; Childs; Chinipardaz; Chinman; Christenson;
      Christian; Christiano; Christie; Christopher; Chu; Chupasko; Church;
      Ciampaglia; Cicero; Cifarelli; Claffey; Clancy; Clark; Clement;
      Clifton; Clow; Coblenz; Coito; Coldren; Colella; Collard; Collis;
      Compton; Compton; Comstock; Concino; Condodina; Connors; Corey;
      Cornish; Cosmides; Counter; Coutaux; Crawford; Crocker; Croshaw;
      Croxen; Croxton; Cui; Currier; Cutler; Cvek; Cyders; daSilva;
      Daldalian; Daly; D'Ambra; Danieli; Dante; Dapice; D'arcangelo; Das;
      Dasgupta; Daskalu; David; Dawkins; DeGennaro; DeLaPena; del'Enclos;
      deRousse; Debroff; Dees; Defeciani; Delattre; Deleon-Rendon; Delger;
      Dell'acqua; Deming; Dempster; Demusz; Denault; Denham; Denison;
      Desombre; Deutsch; D'fini; Dicks; Diefenbach; Difabio; Difronzo;
      Dilworth; Dionysius; Dirksen; Dockery; Doherty; Donahue; Donner;
      Doonan; Dore; Dorf; Dosi; Doty; Doug; Dowsland; Drinker; D'souza;
      Duffin; Durrett; Dussault; Dwyer; Eardley; Ebeling; Eckel; Edley;
      Edner; Edward; Eickenhorst; Eliasson; Elmendorf; Elmerick; Elvis;
      Encinas; Enyeart; Eppling; Erbach; Erdman; Erdos; Erez; Espinoza;
      Estes; Etter; Euripides; Everett; Fabbris; Fagan; Faioes;
      Falco-Acosta; Falorsi; Faris; Farone; Farren; Fasso'; Fates;
      Feigenbaum; Fejzo; Feldman; Fernald; Fernandes; Ferrante; Ferriell;
      Feuer; Fido; Field; Fink; Finkelstein; Finnegan; Fiorina; Fisk;
      Fitzmaurice; Flier; Flores; Folks; Forester; Fortes; Fortier; Fossey;
      Fossi; Francisco; Franklin-Kenea; Franz; Frazier-Davis; Freid;
      Freundlich; Fried; Friedland; Frisken; Frowiss; Fryberger; Frye;
      Fujii-Abe; Fuller; Furth; Fusaro; Gabrielli; Gaggiotti; Galeotti;
      Galwey; Gambini; Garfield; Garman; Garonna; Geller; Gemberling;
      Georgi; Gerrett; Ghorai; Gibbens; Gibson; Gilbert; Gili; Gill;
      Gillispie; Gist; Gleason; Glegg; Glendon; Goldfarb; Goncalves; Good;
      Goodearl; Goody; Gozzi; Gravell; Greenberg; Greenfeld; Griffiths;
      Grigoletto; Grummell; Gruner; Gruppe; Guenthart; Gunn; Guo; Haar;
      Hackman; Hackshaw; Haley; Halkias; Hallowell; Halpert; Hambarzumjan;
      Hamer; Hammerness; Hand; Hanssen; Harding; Hargraves; Harlow;
      Harrigan; Hartman; Hartmann; Hartnett; Harwell; Haviaras; Hawkes;
      Hayes; Haynes; Hazlewood; Heermans; Heft; Heiland; Hellman; Hellmiss;
      Helprin; Hemphill; Henery; Henrichs; Hernandez; Herrera; Hester;
      Heubert; Heyeck; Himmelfarb; Hind; Hirst; Hitchcock; Hoang; Hock;
      Hoffer; Hoffman; Hokanson; Hokoda; Holmes; Holoien; Holter; Holway;
      Holzman; Hooker; Hopkins; Horsley; Hoshida; Hostage; Hottle; Howard;
      Hoy; Huey; Huidekoper; Hungerford; Huntington; Hupp; Hurtubise;
      Hutchings; Hyde; Iaquinta; Ichikawa; Igarashi; Inamura; Inniss; Isaac;
      Isaievych; Isbill; Isserman; Iyer; Jacenko; Jackson; Jagers; Jagger;
      Jagoe; Jain; Jamil; Janjigian; Jarnagin; Jarrell; Jay; Jeffers;
      Jellis; Jenkins; Jespersen; Jewett; Johannesson; Johannsen; Johns;
      Jolly; Jorgensen; Jucks; Juliano; Julious; Kabbash; Kaboolian;
      Kafadar; Kalbfleisch; Kaligian; Kalil; Kalinowski; Kalman; Kamel;
      Kangis; Karpouzes; Kassower; Kasten; Kawachi; Kee; Keenan; Keepper;
      Keith; Kelker; Kelsey; Kempton; Kemsley; Kendall; Kerry; Keul; Khong;
      Kimmel; Kimmett; Kimura; Kindall; Kinsley; Kippenberger; Kirscht;
      Kittridge; Kleckner; Kleiman; Kleinfelder; Klemperer; Kling;
      Klinkenborg; Klint; Knuff; Kobrick; Koch; Kohn; Koivumaki; Kommer;
      Koniaris; Konrad; Kool; Korzybski; Kotter; Kovaks; Kraemer; Krailo;
      Krasney; Kraus; Kroemer; Krysiak; Kuenzli; Kumar; Kusman; Kuwabara;
      Labunka; Lafler; Laing; Lallemant; Landes; Lankes; Lantieri; Lanzit;
      Laserna; Lashley; Lawless; Lecar; Lecce; Leclercq; Leite; Lenard;
      l'Enclos; Lesser; Lessi; Liakos; Lidano; Liem; Light; Lightfoot; Lim;
      Linares; Linda; Linder; Line; Linehan; Linzee; Lippmann; Lipponen;
      Little; Litvak; Livernash; Livi; Livolsi; Lizardo; Locatelli;
      Longworth; Loss; Loveman; Lowenstein; Loza; Lubin; Lucas; Luciano;
      Luczkow; Luecke; Lunetta; Luoma; Lussier; Lutcavage; Luzader;
      Maccormac; Macdonald; Maceachern; Macintyre; Mackenney; MacMillan;
      Macy; Madigan; Maggio; Mahony; Maier; Maine-Hershey; Maisano;
      Malatesta; Maller; Malova; Manalis; Mandel; Manganiello; Mantovan;
      March; Marchbanks; Marcus; Margalit; Margetts; Marques; Martinez;
      Martochio; Marton; Marubini; Mass; Matalka; Matarazzo; Matsukata;
      Mattson; Mauzy; May; Mazzali; Mazziotta; Mcbride; Mccaffery; Mccall;
      Mcclearn; Mcdowell; Mcelroy; McFadden; Mcghee; Mcgoldrick; McIlroy;
      Mcintosh; Mckenna; Mclane; Mclaren; Mcnealy; Mcnulty; Meccariello;
      Memisoglu; Menzies; Merikoski; Merlani; Merminod; Merseth; Merz;
      Metelka; Metropolis; Meurer; Michelman; Middle; Mieher; Mills; Minh;
      Mini; Minichiello; Gonzalez; Mitropoulos; Mittal; Mocroft; Modestino;
      Moeller; Mohr; Moiamedi; Monque; Montilio; MooreDeCh.; Morani;
      Moreton; Morrison; Morrow; Mortimer; Mosher; Mosler; Mostafavi;
      Motooka; Mudarri; Muello; Mugnai; Mulkern; Mulroy; Mumford; Mussachio;
      Naddeo; Napolitano; Nardi; Nardone; Naviaux; Nayduch; Nelson; Nenna;
      Nesci; Neuman; Newfeld; Newlin; Nickerson; Nickoloff; Nisenson;
      Nitabach; Notman; Nuzum; Ocougne; Ogata; O'hagan; Oldford; Olsen;
      Olson; Olszewski; O'malley; Oman; O'meara; Opel; Oray; Orfield; Orsi;
      Ospina; Ostrowski; Ottaviani; Otten; Ouchida; Ovid; PaesDealmeida;
      Paine; Palayoor; Palepu; Pallara; Palmitesta; Panadero; Panizzon;
      Pantilla; Paoletti; Parmeggiani; Parris; Partridge; Pascucci;
      Patefield; Patrick; Pattullo; Pavetti; Pavlon; Pawloski; Paynter;
      Peabody; Pearlberg; Pederson; Peishel; Penny; Pereira; Perko; Perlak;
      Perlman; Perna; Perone; Perrimon; Peters; Petruzello; Pettibone;
      Pettit; Pfister; Pilbeam; Pinot; Plancon; Plant; Plasket; Plous;
      Pocobene; Poincaire; Pointer; Poirier; Polak; Polanyi; Politis; Poma;
      Poolman; Powers; Presper; Preucel; Prevost; Pritchard; Pritz;
      Proietti; Prothrow-Stith; Puccia; Pugh; Pynchon; Quaday; Quetin; Rabe;
      Rabkin; Radeke; Rajagopalan; Raney; Rangan; Rankin; Rapple; Rayport;
      Redden-Tyler; Reedquist; Cunningham; Reinold; Remak; Renick; Repetto;
      Resnik; Rhea; Richmond; Rielly; Rindos; Rineer; Rish; Rivera;
      Robinson; Rocha; Roesler; Rogers; Ronen; Row; Royal; Ruan; Ruderman;
      Ruescher; Rush; Ryu; Sabatello; Sadler; Safire; Sahu; Sali; Samson;
      Sanchez-Ramirez; Sanna; Sapers; Sarin; Sartore; Sase; Satin; Satta;
      Satterthwaite; Sawtell; Sayied; Scarponi; Scepan; Scharf; Scharlemann;
      Scheiner; Schiano; Schifini; Schilling; Schmitt; Schossberger;
      Schuman; Schutte; Schuyler; Schwan; Schwickrath; Scovel; Scudder;
      Seaton; Seeber; Segal; Sekler; Selvage; Sen; Sennett; Seterdahl;
      Sexton; Seyfert; Shaikh; Shakis; Shankland; Shanley; Shar; Shatrov;
      Shavelson; Shea; Sheats; Shepherd; Sheppard; Shepstone; Shesko; Shia;
      Shibata; Shimon; Siesto; Sigalot; Sigini; Signa; Silverman; Silvetti;
      Sinsabaugh; Sirilli; Sites; Skane; Skerry; Skoda; Sloan; Slowe;
      Smilow; Sniffen; Snodgrass; Socolow; Solon; Somers; Sommariva;
      Sorabella; Sorg; Sottak; Soukup; Soule; Soultanian; Spanier; Sparrow;
      Spaulding; Speizer; Spence; Sperber; Spicer; Spiegelhalter; Spiliotis;
      Spinrad; StMartin; Stalvey; Stam; Stang; Stassinopolus; States;
      Statlender; Stefani; Steiner; Stephanian; Stepniewska; Stewart-Oaten;
      Stiepock; Stillwell; Stock; Stockton; Stockwell; Stolzenberg; Stonich;
      Storer; Stott; Strange; Strauch; Streiff; Stringer; Sullivan; Sumner;
      Suo; Surdam; Sweeting; Sweetser; Swindle; Tagiuri; Tai; Talaugon;
      Tambiah; Tandler; Tanowitz; Tatar; Taveras; Tawn; Tcherepnin; Teague;
      Temes; Temmer; Tenney; Terracini; Than; Thavaneswaran; Theodos;
      Thibault; Thisted; Thomsen; Throop; Tierney; Till; Timmons; Tofallis;
      Tollestrup; Tolls; Tolman; Tomford; Toomer; Topulos; Torresi; Torske;
      Towler; Toye; Traebert; Trenga; Trewin; Tringali; Troiani; Troy;
      Truss; Tsiatis; Tsomides; Tsukurov; Tuck; Tudge; Tukan; Turano; Turek;
      Tuttle; Twells; Tzamarias; Ullman; Untermeyer; Upsdell; Urban;
      Urdang-Brown; Usdan; Uzuner; Vacca; Waite; Valberg; Valencia; Wales;
      Wallenberg; Walter; vanAllen; VanZwet; Vandenberg; Vanheeckeren;
      Warshafsky; Wasowska; Vasquez; Waugh; Weighart; Weingarten; Weinhaus;
      Weissbourd; Weissman; Velasquez; Welles; Welsh; Wengret; Venne;
      Verghese; Wescott; Wetzel; Whately; Whilton; White; Whitla; Whittaker;
      Viana; Viano; Wiedersheim; Wiener; Viens; Vignola; Wilder; Wilhelm;
      Wilk; Wilkin; Wilkinson; Villarreal; Willstatter; Wilson; Vitali;
      Viviani; Voigt; Wolk; VonHoffman; Woo; Wooden; Woods; Woods-Powell;
      Vorhaus; Votey; Yacono; Yamane; Yankee; Yarchuk; Yates; Ybarra;
      Yedidia; Yesson; Yetiv; Yoffe; Yoo; Youk-See; Zachary; Zahedi;
      Zangwill; Zegans; Zerbini; Zoldak; Zucconi; Zurn; Zwiers; Zytowski

– A list of usernames and passwords:
   • administrator; administrador; administrateur; administrat; admins;
      admin; staff; root; computer; owner; student; teacher; wwwadmin;
      guest; default; database; dba; oracle; db2; adm; password1; password;
      passwd; pass1234; pass; pwd; 007; 123; 1234; 12345; 123456; 1234567;
      12345678; 123456789; 1234567890; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; test;
      guest; none; demo; unix; linux; changeme; default; system; server;
      root; null; qwerty; mail; outlook; web; www; internet; accounts;
      accounting; home; homeuser; user; oem; oemuser; oeminstall; windows;
      win98; win2k; winxp; winnt; win2000; qaz; asd; zxc; qwe; bob; jen;
      joe; fred; bill; mike; john; peter; luke; sam; sue; susan; peter;
      brian; lee; neil; ian; chris; eric; george; kate; bob; katie; mary;
      login; loginpass; technical; backup; exchange; fuck; bitch; slut; sex;
      god; hell; hello; domain; domainpass; domainpassword; database;
      access; dbpass; dbpassword; databasepass; data; databasepassword; db1;
      db2; db1234; sql; sqlpassoainstall; orainstall; oracle; ibm; cisco;
      dell; compaq; siemens; nokia; control; office; blank; winpass; main;
      lan; internet; intranet; student; teacher; staff



Exploit:
It makes use of the following Exploits:
– MS01-059 (Unchecked Buffer in Universal Plug and Play)
– MS02-018 (Patch for Internet Information Service)
– MS02-061 (Elevation of Privilege in SQL Server Web)
– MS03-007 (Unchecked Buffer in Windows Component)
– MS03-026 (Buffer Overrun in RPC Interface)
– MS04-011 (LSASS Vulnerability)
– MS05-039 (Vulnerability in Plug and Play)
– Bagle backdoor (port 2745)
– Kuang backdoor (port 17300)
– Mydoom backdoor (port 3127)
– NetDevil backdoor (port 903)
– Optix backdoor (port 3140)
– SubSeven backdoor (port 27347)
– DameWare remote administration (port 6129)


Infection process:
Creates a TFTP script on the compromised machine in order to download the malware to the remote location.
Creates an FTP script on the compromised machine in order to download the malware to the remote location.


Remote execution:
–It attempts to schedule a remote execution of the malware, on the newly infected machine. Therefore it uses the NetScheduleJobAdd function.

 IRC To deliver system information and to provide remote control it connects to the following IRC Server:

Server: irc.psycho**********
Port: 6667
Server password: quit
Channel: #SxWarez
Nickname: SxWarez-%random character string%
Password: siculo124



– This malware has the ability to collect and send information such as:
    • Cached passwords
    • Capture screen
    • Capture shot from webcam
    • CPU speed
    • Current user
    • Details about drivers
    • Free disk space
    • Free memory
    • Information about the network
    • Information about running processes
    • Size of memory
    • System directory
    • Username
    • Information about the Windows operating system


– Furthermore it has the ability to perform actions such as:
    • Launch DDoS ICMP flood
    • Launch DDoS SYN flood
    • Launch DDoS TCP flood
    • Launch DDoS UDP flood
    • Disable DCOM
    • Disable network shares
    • Download file
    • Enable DCOM
    • Enable network shares
    • Execute file
    • Join IRC channel
    • Kill process
    • Leave IRC channel
    • Open remote shell
    • Perform DDoS attack
    • Perform network scan
    • Perform port redirection
    • Restart system
    • Start keylog
    • Start spreading routine
    • Terminate malware
    • Terminate process
    • Updates itself
    • Upload file
    • Visit a website

 Process termination List of processes that are terminated:
   • msblast.exe; zapro.exe; navw32.exe; navapw32.exe; zonealarm.exe;
      wincfg32.exe; taskmon.exe; PandaAVEngine.exe; sysinfo.exe;
      mscvb32.exe; MSBLAST.exe; teekids.exe; Penis32.exe; bbeagle.exe;
      SysMonXP.exe; winupd.exe; winsys.exes; ssate.exe; rate.exe;
      d3dupdate.exe; irun4.exe; i11r54n4.exe


 Stealing It tries to steal the following information:
– Windows Product ID

– The following CD keys:
   • Battlefield 1942; Battlefield 1942 (Road To Rome); Battlefield 1942
      (Secret Weapons of WWII); Battlefield Vietnam; Black and White;
      Command & Conquer Generals; Command and Conquer: Generals (Zero Hour);
      Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2; Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun;
      Counter-Strike (Retail); Chrome; FIFA 2002; FIFA 2003; Freedom Force;
      Global Operations; Gunman Chronicles; Half-Life; Hidden & Dangerous 2;
      IGI 2: Covert Strike; Industry Giant 2; James Bond 007: Nightfire;
      Legends of Might and Magic; Medal of Honor: Allied Assault; Medal of
      Honor: Allied Assault: Breakthrough; Medal of Honor: Allied Assault:
      Spearhead; Nascar Racing 2002; Nascar Racing 2003; Need For Speed Hot
      Pursuit 2; Need For Speed: Underground; Neverwinter Nights;
      Neverwinter Nights (Hordes of the Underdark); Neverwinter Nights
      (Shadows of Undrentide); NHL 2003; NHL 2002; NOX; Rainbow Six III
      RavenShield; Shogun: Total War: Warlord Edition; Soldier of Fortune II
      - Double Helix; Soldiers Of Anarchy; The Gladiators; Unreal Tournament
      2003; Unreal Tournament 2004

– It uses a network sniffer that checks for the following strings:
   • :.login; :,login; :!login; :@login; :$login; :%login; :^login;
      :*login; :-login; :+login; :/login; :\login; :=login; :?login;
      :'login; :`login; :~login; : login; :.auth; :,auth; :!auth; :@auth;
      :$auth; :%auth; :^auth; :&auth; :*auth; :-auth; :+auth; :/auth;
      :\auth; :=auth; :?auth; :'auth; :`auth; :~auth; : auth; :.id; :,id;
      :!id; :@id; :$id; :%id; :^id; :&id; :*id; :-id; :+id; :/id; :\id;
      :=id; :?id; :'id; :`id; :~id; : id; :.hashin; :!hashin; :$hashin;
      :%hashin; :.secure; :!secure; :.l; :!l; :$l; :%l; :.x; :!x; :$x; :%x;
      :.syn; :!syn; :$syn; :%syn

– A logging routine is started after one of the following websites are visited:
   • paypal.com
   • PAYPAL.COM

 Miscellaneous Mutex:
It creates the following Mutex:
   • r0x

 File details Programming language:
 The malware program was written in MS Visual C++.


Runtime packer:
In order to aggravate detection and reduce size of the file it is packed with the following runtime packers:
   • Morphine
   • UPX

Description inserted by Irina Boldea on Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Description updated by Irina Boldea on Thursday, March 9, 2006

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