Worm/SdBot.37376 - Worm

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Virus:	Worm/SDBot.37376
Date discovered:	19/07/2005
Type:	Worm
In the wild:	Yes
Reported Infections:	Low
Distribution Potential:	Medium
Damage Potential:	Low to medium
Static file:	Yes
File size:	38.864 Bytes
MD5 checksum:	2d7c1c8f9d006a5a049fa955f398af60
VDF version:	6.31.1.166

General Method of propagation:
   • Local network

Alias:
   • Kaspersky: Backdoor.Win32.SdBot.gen

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

Side effects:
   • Drops malicious files
   • Registry modification
   • Third party control

Files It copies itself to the following location:
• %SYSDIR%\system32.exe

Registry The following registry key is added in order to run the process after reboot:

– [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
• "Windows System32 Kernel"="system32.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:
   • \d$\system32.exe
   • \print$\system32.exe
   • \c$\system32.exe
   • \Admin$\system32.exe
   • \ipc$

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

Server: 66.235.**********
Port: 8000
Channel: #rizz#
Nickname: [GAH]-%six-digit random character string%
Password: stfupofskthx

Miscellaneous Mutex:
It creates the following Mutex:
• jew

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 packer:
• PECompact2/Neolite2

See a brief description here.

Description inserted by Catalin Jora on Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:16 (GMT+1)
Description updated by Catalin Jora on Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:03 (GMT+1)

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