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SQLckHide.exe and svchost.exe appear to be scanning external IP's for vunerable SQL servers, it also kills the adsl connection
I have discovered a hidden program running on our SBS2000 server hidden in the
e:\recycler\S-1-5-21-12323
connection since 20:40 on 13/4/04. We have traced it to a svchost program that has somehow been
installed in this location,
e:\recycler\S-1-5-21-12323
Does anybody had this, or know of it. I have searched the usual google, yahoo, microsoft, symantec,
experts-xchange etc but no joy. This may just be because the file dates are 8/4/04 and it is too
new to appear.
The only way to see the files & folders is to change the view folder options.
A file, 500.bat contains the following lines:-
@ECHO OFF
SQLckHide svchost -i IP1.txt -u 1USER.dic -p 2PASS.dic -o Results.txt -t 60
EXIT
The IP1.txt contains approx 200 IP addresses
1USER.dic contains the SQL username of 'sa'
2PASS.dic contains the password dictionary, very comprehensive
And the output file Results.exe provides the matched IP address, username and SQL sa password
Another file SQLck_Logfile.txt contains all ip addresses, ports and connection results for all of
the attacked systems
The system has also created a new service call winlogon that calls the exe at
e:\recycler\S-1-5-21-12323
And the registry has been affected.
This has been added to our system within the last 7 days, although the server has not been
restarted for 11 days.
I have managed to remove the offending beast by changing the service to manual and restarting the
server.
I have a zip of all the offending files prior to deleting.
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The only thing I know of that this should be is Bulletproof FTP (An automated FTP Client..http://www.bpftpse
http://www.hackhispano.com
http://www3.ca.com/threati
Its a virus spread by an outloook mail client, its very possible that they have combined this virus / bulletproof FTP and a pw cracker to send out the results to a destination to facilitate a remote crack.
I have a zip of all the offending files prior to deleting.
I seriously recommend sending the information to the following address:
Email: cert@cert.org
Phone: +1 412-268-7090 (24-hour hotline)
Fax: +1 412-268-6989
Postal address:
CERT Coordination Center
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890
U.S.A.
These guys will work will ALL relevant partys in ensuring this does not happen again.
I'm not ignoring any of the comments raised by everyone. I appreciate the effort you have all gone to. I have just not been back on site to test/try the options.
We do have Symantec. We do have a so-called firewall, a BT effort, that can't really be touched. And yes Windows is up to date.
I've been looking around and still no references to sqlckhide.
We are aware of other irregularities within the corporate network, so I will keep you posted if they are related.
I will send it to cert.org and symantec today. An will get someone to check A/V for exclusion folders.
Once again THANKYOU all
I've just recieved a mail from SSWUG, that there is a new virus about similar to the PhatBot virus that looks to be doing the above:
http://www.washingtonpost.
http://isc.sans.org/diary.
/*Good luck ;-) */
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by: arbertPosted on 2004-04-15 at 15:55:33ID: 10837842
I haven't seen anything on this either. As much as I hate to tell you this, I would open up a support call to Microsoft and report it....