CodeRed worm honeypot & reverse-tester (in Java)

From: Chad Loder (cloderat_private)
Date: Fri Jul 20 2001 - 00:25:49 PDT

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    For shits and giggles, I whipped up a
    little Java program that serves two functions:
    
    	- when invoked with a single argument,
    	it connects to that host on port 80,
    	issues an IDQ-style request according
    	to Chris St. Clair's recently posted
    	testing methodology (only tested on IIS/5.0),
    	and tells you if the server appears to
    	be vulnerable or not
    
    	for example:
    
    	$ javac CodeRedLogger.java
    	$ java CodeRedLogger infected.system.com
    
    	- when invoked with no arguments, it
    	turns into a little multithreaded
    	web server on port 80, which for
    	each client connect, sees if the client
    	sends the attack signature, and if
    	so, connects back to the client on port
    	80 and performs the test mentioned above
    
    	for example:
    
    	$ javac CodeRedLogger.java
    	$ java CodeRedLogger
    	(sit back and wait)
    
    I just wrote this off the top of my head and
    tested it on a few servers.
    
    Maybe someone wants to modify the tests
    to handle IIS 4.0 servers. :)
    
    The typical disclaimer for exploit code applies:
    don't use it unless you're allowed to.
    
    I wouldn't run this on a public server, and I
    certainly wouldn't try to reverse-connect and
    inject the lyseine deficiency via shellcode
    (although I bet it would be easy). :)
    
    I also would not recommend trying to do a WHOIS or
    trying to send email to the server's sysadmin, because
    that could just burden the infected systems even more.
    
    Again, I just wrote it for shits and giggles. I
    redirected port 80 on my firewall at home to go
    to my home PC, and then have been running it on my
    home PC, so I can watch worm requests come in
    through my cable modem. :)
    
    I've compiled and tested this under Sun JDK 1.2,
    it should work on any 1.2 and later JDK.
    
    	Chad Loder
    	Principal Engineer
    	Rapid 7, Inc.
    	http://www.rapid7.com
    
    



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