Re: Secure.dcom.exe

From: Sorin Victor DUDEA (sdudeaat_private)
Date: Thu Aug 07 2003 - 23:25:26 PDT

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    Hello Lee,
    
          That file is not malware. It is a DCOM disabler.
          It sets the key EnableDCOM from
          HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Ole\ to 'N'. By this the computer is
          immune to the RPC/DCOM exploit.
    
    Wednesday, August 6, 2003, 1:50:13 PM, you wrote:
    
    LE> Hi All,
    
    LE> I have found an executable called secure.dcom.exe when looking around a
    LE> customers server. They hadnt patched the server above SP4 and I assume it
    LE> has been exploited using the RPC DCOM vulnerability. A serv-u ftp server has
    LE> been installed, but im still looking into it to see if I can spot anything
    LE> else. Netstat shows a bunch of outgoing connections to 6667 -
    LE> irc.homelien.no. Unfortunately there are no IDS or other systems on this
    LE> network segment I can use, so im looking for someway to capture this traffic
    LE> and hopefully track down some more details on the irc traffic - if anyone
    LE> can recommend a good (preferably free) traffic sniffer I can quickly install
    LE> on the host locally (win2k sp4) to decode the IRC traffic I would be
    LE> grateful.
    
    LE> The exe is available from http://www.leeevans.org/secure.dcom.exe - if
    LE> anyone wants a look. I'd be interested to know more about it, if anyone has
    LE> come across it before or can find out.
    
    LE> Regards
    LE> Lee
    
    
    
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    Best regards,
         Sorin Victor Dudea
         BitDefender Head of Antivirus Research
         E-mail: sdudeaat_private, sdudeaat_private
    
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