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The worm is a packed PE executable file 22528 bytes long.

 

Installation to system

 

When run, the worm copies under %SYSTEM% directory using the name 'botzor.exe' and creates a named mutex 'B-O-T-Z-O-R' for making sure that only one copy of the worm is run at the same time.

 

Then it adds the following registry entries to ensure that it is started when a user logs on or the system is restarted:

 

 

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices]

"WINDOWS SYSTEM" = "botzor.exe"

 

The worm also adds the following registry key for diasabling shared access service:

 

 

[HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess]

"Start" = "4"

 

Spreading using Plug and Play service vulnerability

 

The worm scans for systems vulnerable to Microsoft Windows Plug and Play service (MS05-039) through TCP/445.

 

It creates 300 threads that connect to random IP addresses within the B-class (255.255.0.0) network of the infected system. First it tests connection to port 445 and if successful, it tries to exploit the vulnerability. If the attack is successful a shell (cmd.exe) is started on port 8888. Through the shell port, the worm sends a ftp script which instructs the remote computer to download and execute the worm from the attacker computer using FTP. The FTP server listens on port 33333 on all infected computers with the purpose of serving out the worm for other hosts that are being infected. The downloaded file is saved as 'haha.exe' on disk.

 

Here's the summary of the ports used in attack:

 

Port 445 - The worm scans for systems vulnerable to PnP exploit through this port

 

Port 33333 - FTP server port on infected systems

 

Port 8888 - The command shell port opened by the exploit code

 

The exploit uses fixed offsets inside Windows 2000 version of umpnpmgr.dll. This means that only Windows 2000 systems (SP0-4) are affected.

 

Please see the following page for detailed information on the vulnerability:

 

http://www.microsoft.com/err/technet/security/

 

 

Bot functionality

 

The worm tries to connect to IRC channel at predefined address. The attacker who knows channel password can instruct the bot to execute the following actions:

 

 

Disconnect/reconnect from the IRC channel

Request system information

Download and execute files

Remove worm from the system

Manipulate system security settings

 

Other details

 

Zotob.A modifies system hosts file in order to disable access to certain sites. Following hostnames are redirected to localhost IP address (127.0.0.1):

 

 

avp.com

ca.com

customer.symantec.com

dispatch.mcafee.com

download.mcafee.com

ebay.com

f-secure.com

kaspersky.com

kaspersky-labs.com

liveupdate.symantec.com

liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com

mast.mcafee.com

mcafee.com

microsoft.com

moneybookers.com

my-etrust.com

nai.com

networkassociates.com

pandasoftware.com

paypal.com

rads.mcafee.com

secure.nai.com

securityresponse.symantec.com

sophos.com

symantec.com

trendmicro.com

updates.symantec.com

update.symantec.com

us.mcafee.com

viruslist.com

virustotal.com

http://www.amazon.com/

http://avp.com/

http://www.ca.com/us.html

http://www.ebay.com/

https://www.f-secure.com/de_DE/web/home_de/home

http://www.avg.com/de-de/homepage

http://usa.kaspersky.com/

http://www.mcafee.com/us/index.html

https://www.microsoft.com/de-de

https://www.skrill.com/en/

https://www.totaldefense.com/

http://www.mcafee.com/us/index.html

http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

http://www.pandasecurity.com/germany/

https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/home

https://www.sophos.com/en-us.aspx

https://www.symantec.com/

http://www.trendmicro.de/

https://www.virustotal.com/

 

The worm also writes the following text to hosts file:

 

 

Botzor2005 Made By .... Greetz to good friend Coder. Based On HellBot3

MSG to avs: the first av who detect this worm will be the first killed in the next 24hours!!!

 

 

 

patch

http://www.microsoft.com/err/technet/security/

 

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