Re: nimda tries to send mail after reboot

From: Paul Seaman (paul.seamanat_private)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 14:57:09 PDT

  • Next message: John Q. Public: "Re: nimda tries to send mail after reboot"

    That particular host also was apparent in analyses of the QAZ trojan -
    http://www.sans.org/infosecFAQ/malicious/QAZ3.htm
    
    I would assume it's been long since disconnected from the network it was a
    part of.  Could this worm have re-used code or is the writer that out of
    touch with reality?
    
    Paul
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "John Q. Public" <tpublicat_private>
    To: <incidentsat_private>; <bugtraqat_private>
    Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 1:32 PM
    Subject: Re: nimda tries to send mail after reboot
    
    
    > here I go replying to myself again...
    >
    > we cannot get it to send mail to a dummy host we have built.  It connects
    > and sits there.  if nimda is waiting for a particular response, it's not
    > obvious in the strings of the binary.  (and not obvious to someone who
    > fears assembly)
    >
    > one interesting point, however, the infected host immediately began
    sending
    > out arp requests to the /24 broadcast one at a time, about 3 seconds
    between
    > each request, from 1 all the way up.  it was keen enough to ignore itself.
    > perhaps we'll set up some virtual interfaces on the gateway we've built
    and
    > see what it's trying to do.
    >
    > .nhoJ
    >
    > On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, John Q. Public wrote:
    >
    > |always to the same IP:  202.106.185.107
    > |
    > |sorry if it's been posted, but I haven't seen anything about that
    particular
    > |IP yet.
    > |
    > |the address appears unreachable (was hoping for an answer to identify
    itself)
    > |
    > |.nhoJ
    > |
    > |__
    > |
    > |from APNIC:
    > |
    > |inetnum:     202.106.0.0 - 202.106.255.255
    > |netname:     CHINANET-BJ
    > |descr:       CHINANET Beijing province network
    > |descr:       Data Communication Division
    > |descr:       China Telecom
    > |country:     CN
    > |admin-c:     CH93-AP
    > |tech-c:      SY21-AP
    > |mnt-by:      MAINT-CHINANET
    > |mnt-lower:   MAINT-CHINANET-BJ
    > |changed:     hostmasterat_private 20000101
    > |source:      APNIC
    > |
    > |person:      Chinanet Hostmaster
    > |address:     A12,Xin-Jie-Kou-Wai Street
    > |country:     CN
    > |phone:       +86-10-62370437
    > |fax-no:      +86-10-62053995
    > |e-mail:      hostmasterat_private
    > |nic-hdl:     CH93-AP
    > |mnt-by:      MAINT-CHINANET
    > |changed:     hostmasterat_private 20000101
    > |source:      APNIC
    > |
    > |person:      sun ying
    > |address:     Beijing Telecommunication Administration
    > |address:     TaiPingHu DongLi 18, Xicheng District
    > |address:     Beijing 100031
    > |country:     CN
    > |phone:       +86-10-66198941
    > |fax-no:      +86-10-68511003
    > |e-mail:      sunyat_private
    > |nic-hdl:     SY21-AP
    > |mnt-by:      MAINT-CHINANET-BJ
    > |changed:     sunyat_private 19980824
    > |source:      APNIC
    > |
    > |
    > |
    >
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