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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | October 2005 (3.98) |
| Protection available since | 19 August 2005 20:51:38 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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W32/Cuebot-D is a network worm with backdoor Trojan functionality for the Windows platform.
W32/Cuebot-D attempts to spread using a variety of techniques including the exploitation of the PnP vulnerability (MS05-039).
A patch for the PnP operating system vulnerability exploited by W32/Cuebot-D can be obtained from Microsoft at:
MS05-039 W32/Cuebot-D is a network worm with backdoor Trojan functionality for the Windows platform.
W32/Cuebot-D attempts to spread using a variety of techniques including the exploitation of the PnP vulnerability (MS05-039).
When first run W32/Cuebot-D copies itself to <System>\ssl.exe and creates the file <Windows>\Debug\dcpromo.log.
The file ssl.exe is registered as a new system driver service named "ssl", with a display name of "Microsoft SSL" and a startup type of automatic, so that it is started automatically during system startup. Registry entries are created under:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ssl\
Registry entries are set as follows:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
EnableDCOM
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HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
restrictanonymous
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A patch for the PnP operating system vulnerability exploited by W32/Cuebot-D can be obtained from Microsoft at:
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