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Anyone seen this yet??? Maybe new worm, i'm wondering... 1
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MichealC4
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Not to be mean, but are you sure it is a worm? It may be a calling card from a new script kiddie group. However, going on the assumption that it is a worm, I can't see to find anything on it. So, my question is do you have access logs from your server? You might get better results in Forum83.
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MichealC4
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- Jun 26, 2003
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I've made some progress on tracking this down. Were you running PHP on your site? Specifically <= 4.3.9? Or <= 5.0.2? (not including 4.3.10)
If so, it appears to be an automated attack of some sort exploiting the recent vulnerabilites found in the above PHP versions. The issue is fixed in 4.3.10 and 5.0.3, respectively.
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If so, it appears to be an automated attack of some sort exploiting the recent vulnerabilites found in the above PHP versions. The issue is fixed in 4.3.10 and 5.0.3, respectively.
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It's not my site, fortunately...
Not sure what the version is... It's a concern to me as i've had a few clients with defaced websites but nothing to this extreme... This hacker seems to have taken over the entire server. My concern is what's next, and who is this group...
~ K.I.S.S - Don't make it any more complex than it has to be ~
Not sure what the version is... It's a concern to me as i've had a few clients with defaced websites but nothing to this extreme... This hacker seems to have taken over the entire server. My concern is what's next, and who is this group...
~ K.I.S.S - Don't make it any more complex than it has to be ~
MichealC4
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I found one of the tools that could have been used, but it depends on certain software running in order for the PHP exploit to work. And it doesn't appear to leave the calling card that I found. So at the moment, it is either something so new, nobody has heard of it yet (which I'm guessing is correct), or they do a very good job of hiding their tracks thus far. Access logs will be important however.
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I don't have access to the logs, it's not my site... The site is not my concern, the hacker is...
My main concern is if anyone has heard of this as of yet, it seems to be new. My concern is finding information about "NeverEverNoSanity WebWorm generation 13" and is this going to be a trend...
It may be a tool but it's definitely a direct access to the PHPBB site, don't know if it's an IIS hack or not.
I'm going to try to contact the web admin to see if he/she is willing to part with the information or not.
In the meantime, if you find information on the web about this, please post it here.
Thanks.
~ K.I.S.S - Don't make it any more complex than it has to be ~
My main concern is if anyone has heard of this as of yet, it seems to be new. My concern is finding information about "NeverEverNoSanity WebWorm generation 13" and is this going to be a trend...
It may be a tool but it's definitely a direct access to the PHPBB site, don't know if it's an IIS hack or not.
I'm going to try to contact the web admin to see if he/she is willing to part with the information or not.
In the meantime, if you find information on the web about this, please post it here.
Thanks.
~ K.I.S.S - Don't make it any more complex than it has to be ~
MichealC4
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- Jun 26, 2003
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Oops. Sorry. I keep reading your posts, understand what you say, and keep thinking it is your site. 
Okay, the fact that it is a phpBB site does indeed help. However, for anybody reading, it is not an exploit in phpBB (as far as I can tell anyway, unless they did not update to 2.0.11), but rather PHP.
In the interest of not posting exploit code (as a) I don't like it and b) I'm a support tech for phpBB
), I'll only give the site. However, it should be pretty obvious where to go from there.
That's what I found earlier. I hope the admins don't mind my posting that link.
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Okay, the fact that it is a phpBB site does indeed help. However, for anybody reading, it is not an exploit in phpBB (as far as I can tell anyway, unless they did not update to 2.0.11), but rather PHP.
In the interest of not posting exploit code (as a) I don't like it and b) I'm a support tech for phpBB
), I'll only give the site. However, it should be pretty obvious where to go from there.That's what I found earlier. I hope the admins don't mind my posting that link.
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MichealC4
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- Jun 26, 2003
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Okay, some more information for you. I was contacted by a phpBB user who was attacked with this worm.
The worm attacks phpBB, exploiting the recent highlight vulnerability (which means the site is unpatched), the worm then defaces the site, google's for more sites, and then spreads, each time increasing its generation number by one.
So, the lesson to be learned here is to keep the software you use up-to-date.
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The worm attacks phpBB, exploiting the recent highlight vulnerability (which means the site is unpatched), the worm then defaces the site, google's for more sites, and then spreads, each time increasing its generation number by one.
So, the lesson to be learned here is to keep the software you use up-to-date.
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Story about this worm using google to propagate itself:
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sydspirit2
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Cert has an alert out, too.
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