Rubrik: Virenwarnung/Aktuelle Meldungen

Symantec: W32.Blaster.Worm Discovered on: August 11, 2003

This worm will attempt to download and run the Msblast.exe file

(12.08.03) - Based on the number of submissions received from customers and based on information from the Symantec's Deepsight Threat Management System, Symantec Security Response has upgraded this threat to a Category 4 from a Category 3 threat.

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W32.Blaster.Worm is a worm that will exploit the DCOM RPC vulnerability (described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026) using TCP port 135. This worm will attempt to download and run the Msblast.exe file.

Block access to TCP port 4444 at the firewall level, and then block the following ports, if they do not use the applications listed:

TCP Port 135, "DCOM RPC"

UDP Port 69, "TFTP"

The worm also attempts to perform a Denial of Service (DoS) on windowsupdate.com. This is an attempt to prevent you from applying a patch on your computer against the DCOM RPC vulnerability.

NOTE: This threat will be detected by virus definitions having:

·         Defs Version: 50811s

·         Sequence Number: 24254

·         Extended Version: 8/11/2003, rev. 19

Symantec Security Response has developed a removal tool to clean infections of W32.Blaster.Worm.

Also Known As: W32/Lovsan.worm [McAfee]

Type: Worm

Infection Length:  6,176 bytes

Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows XP

Systems Not Affected: Linux, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX

CVE References: CAN-2003-0352

Weitere Details finden Sie unter: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html. (ma)

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