Re: new IIS worm? (rcp lsass.exe)

From: Nick FitzGerald (nick@virus-l.demon.co.uk)
Date: Mon Sep 23 2002 - 10:32:25 PDT

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    Michael Thompson <mikeat_private> wrote:
    
    > lsass.exe is the Microsoft Secure Storage for 2000/NT and XP. It is
    > responsable for managing secure storage in those enviroments.
    
    Even when it is being scripted via an old IIS exploit to be copied 
    around the Internet?
    
    Even when it is only about 9KB and the one in Win2K SP3 is 33,552 
    bytes?
    
    Come on -- a rudimentary analysis of the situation without even 
    seeing the file suggests that is not the case _here_.
    
    Then, when you look at the file that is being rcp-ed around, the 
    first thing you notice is that it is UPX packed -- again, something 
    MS is not renowned for doing to its core OS components but something 
    commonly done to obfuscate malware from casual analysis...
    
    
    -- 
    Nick FitzGerald
    Computer Virus Consulting Ltd.
    Ph/FAX: +64 3 3529854
    
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