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Bugbear worm
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Malware
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Mitigation
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
BugBear backdoor is listening on this port.
Insight
Insight
The BugBear worm includes a key logger and can stop antivirus or personal firewall software. It propagates itself through email and open Windows shares. Depending on the antivirus vendor, it is known as: Tanatos, I-Worm.Tanatos, NATOSTA.A, W32/Bugbear-A, Tanatos, W32/Bugbear@MM, WORM_BUGBEAR.A, Win32.BugBear.
Solution
Solution
- Use an Anti-Virus package to remove it. - Close your Windows shares - Update your IE browser See 'Incorrect MIME Header Can Cause IE to Execute E-mail Attachment'
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
References
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.mspx
- http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32bugbeara.html
- http://www.ealaddin.com/news/2002/esafe/bugbear.asp
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.bugbear@mm
- http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99728.htm
- http://online.securityfocus.com/news/1034
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;329770&