RE: Logon.dll? Possible root-kit?

From: Rob Shein (shotenat_private)
Date: Thu Apr 03 2003 - 07:34:45 PST

  • Next message: Harlan Carvey: "Re: Logon.dll? Possible root-kit?"

    I'm thinking that you have a hell of a problem on your hands.  The box is
    clearly (from what you've said) compromised, and the client is going to have
    to bite the bullet and wipe/reinstall if they ever want to be sure that
    they've contained the breach.
    
    What else can you tell us about logon.dll, and about the irc bot?  Can you
    find the files associated with it using fport?  And is logon.dll being used,
    perhaps, as an alternate GINA?  Finally, what ports are open (inbound,
    through the firewall) to this box?
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Nick Jacobsen [mailto:nickat_private] 
    Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 9:10 PM
    To: incidentsat_private
    Subject: Logon.dll? Possible root-kit?
    
    
    Hi all, hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
        I usually do penetration testing, but one of my clients had someone,
    they suspect a past employee, break into their network.  I didn't get called
    in till well after the incident, and they did not have any logs from the
    time of the incident.  Now, I have found two extremely odd things...  One, a
    file called logon.dll in the winnt\system32 directory, that was NOT made by
    microsoft, and two, that inetsrv (internet information services) does not
    show up in the process list, though it is running.  BTW, this is a windows
    2000 box.  I have advised this client to wipe the box and restore from a
    ghost image, but they are not willing to.  I guess my question is for any
    possible information on a root kit that could have been used againt this
    machine, as well as any tools you know about that may help me detect the
    rootkit.
        On a second note, I have discovered an IRC bot installed on this machine
    as well.  The file name was r_bot.dll, and it connected to irc.choopa.net,
    channel #thallia, chan password "suckme"...  have any of you run into this
    specific bot?  if so, what commands does it support?
    
    Anyway, thanks in advance for your help.
    
    Nick Jacobsen
    Ethics Design
    nickat_private
    
    
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