6.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.813 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.3%
Your server appears to have been compromised by the
Nimda mass mailing worm. It uses various known IIS vulnerabilities to compromise the
server.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2001 Matt Moore
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10767");
script_version("2023-08-03T05:05:16+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0545", "CVE-2001-0508", "CVE-2001-0544", "CVE-2001-0506", "CVE-2001-0507");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-08-03 05:05:16 +0000 (Thu, 03 Aug 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Tests for Nimda Worm infected HTML files");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2001 Matt Moore");
script_family("Malware");
script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "httpver.nasl", "global_settings.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-044");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-26.html");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Take this server offline immediately, rebuild it and
apply ALL vendor patches and security updates before reconnecting server to the internet,
as well as security settings discussed in
Additional Information section of Microsoft's web site linked in the references.
Check ALL of your local Microsoft based workstations for infection.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Your server appears to have been compromised by the
Nimda mass mailing worm. It uses various known IIS vulnerabilities to compromise the
server.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Anyone visiting compromised Web servers will be prompted to
download an .eml (Outlook Express) email file, which contains the worm as an attachment.
Also, the worm will create open network shares on the infected
computer, allowing access to the system. During this process
the worm creates the guest account with Administrator privileges.
Note: this worm has already infected more than 500.000 computers
worldwide since its release in late 2001.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"Mitigation");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_probe");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
port = http_get_port(default:80);
r = http_get_cache(item:"/", port:port);
if(r && "readme.eml" >< r) {
security_message(port:port);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);