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Bugbear worm

🗓️ 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00Reported by This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Michel Arboi & Thomas ReinkeType 
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Bugbear worm, backdoor, keylogger, antivirus, firewall, email propagatio

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: bugbear.nasl 6125 2017-05-15 09:03:42Z teissa $
# Description: Bugbear worm
#
# Authors:
# Michel Arboi <[email protected]>
# Well, in fact I started from a simple script by Thomas Reinke and 
# heavily hacked every byte of it :-]
# Script audit and contributions from Carmichael Security <http://www.carmichaelsecurity.com>
# Erik Anderson <[email protected]>
# Added links to the Bugtraq message archive and Microsoft Knowledgebase
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2002 Michel Arboi & Thomas Reinke
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#

tag_summary = "BugBear backdoor is listening on this port. 
A cracker may connect to it to retrieve secret 
information, e.g. passwords or credit card numbers...

The BugBear worm includes a key logger and can kill 
antivirus or personal firewall softwares. It propagates 
itself through email and open Windows shares.
Depending on the antivirus vendor, it is known as: Tanatos, 
I-Worm.Tanatos, NATOSTA.A, W32/Bugbear-A, Tanatos, W32/Bugbear@MM, 
WORM_BUGBEAR.A, Win32.BugBear...

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32bugbeara.html
http://www.ealaddin.com/news/2002/esafe/bugbear.asp
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99728.htm

Reference : http://online.securityfocus.com/news/1034
Reference : http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;329770&";

tag_solution = "- Use an Anti-Virus package to remove it.
- Close your Windows shares
- Update your IE browser 
  See 'Incorrect MIME Header Can Cause IE to Execute E-mail Attachment'
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.mspx";

# There was no information on the BugBear protocol. 
# I found a worm in the wild and found that it replied to the "p" command;
# the data look random but ends with "ID:"  and a number
# Thomas Reinke confirmed that his specimen of the worm behaved in the 
# same way. 
# We will not provide the full data here because it might contain 
# confidential information.
# 
# References:
#
# Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 02:07:29 -0400
# From:"Russ" <[email protected]>
# Subject: Alert:New worms, be aware of internal infection possibilities
# To:[email protected]

if(description)
{
 script_id(11135);
 script_version("$Revision: 6125 $");
 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-05-15 11:03:42 +0200 (Mon, 15 May 2017) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
 script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2001-a-0004");
 script_bugtraq_id(2524);
 script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0154"); # For MS01-020 - should be changed later
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

 script_name("Bugbear worm");
 
 
 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
 
 script_copyright("This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Michel Arboi & Thomas Reinke");
 family = "Malware";
 script_family(family);
 script_require_ports(36794);
 script_dependencies("find_service.nasl");
 script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 exit(0);
}

#
include("misc_func.inc");

port = 36794;

if (! get_port_state(port)) exit(0);
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if (! soc) exit(0);

# We just need to send a 'p' without CR
send(socket: soc, data: "p");
# I never saw a buffer bigger than 247 bytes but as the "ID:" string is 
# near the end, we'd better use a big buffer, just in case
r = recv(socket: soc, length: 65536);
close(soc);

if ("ID:" >< r) {
 security_message(port); 
 register_service(port: port, proto: "bugbear");
 exit(0); 
}

msg = "
This port is usually used by the BugBear backdoor.
Although OpenVAS was unable to get an answer from the worm, 
you'd better check your machine with an up to date 
antivirus scanner.";
security_message(port: port, data: msg);

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15 May 2017 00:00Current
6.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.5
EPSS0.16798
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