Re: Bad news on RPC DCOM vulnerability
Looks like it is not limited to XP, as was suspected all along. My
sensors have detected events from an exploited Win2K box. The detect was
from the vigilantminds sig.
alert TCP any any -> any 135 (msg:"RPC Vulnerability - bind
initiation";sid:1; rev:1; content:"|05 00 0B 03 10 00 00 00 48 00 00 00
7F 00 00 00 D0 16 D0 16 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00 01 00 a0 01 00 00
00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 46 00 00 00 00 04 5D 88 8A EB 1C C9 11
9F E8 08 00 2B10 48 60 02 00 00 00|";
flow:to_server,established;classtype:attempted-admin;)
From the logs, the attack looks sequential starting at the current subnet.
Oct 11 17:55:35 snt01 snort: [1:1210110301:1] RPC Vulnerability - bind
initiation [Classification: Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain]
[Priority: 1]: {TCP} x.x.x.x:3367 -> x.x.x.x1:135
Oct 11 17:55:35 snt01 snort: [1:1210110301:1] RPC Vulnerability - bind
initiation [Classification: Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain]
[Priority: 1]: {TCP} x.x.x.x:3368 -> x.x.x.x2:135
Oct 11 17:55:35 snt01 snort: [1:1210110301:1] RPC Vulnerability - bind
initiation [Classification: Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain]
[Priority: 1]: {TCP} x.x.x.x:3369 -> x.x.x.x3:135
Oct 11 17:55:35 snt01 snort: [1:1210110301:1] RPC Vulnerability - bind
initiation [Classification: Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain]
[Priority: 1]: {TCP} x.x.x.x:3370 -> x.x.x.x4:135
Oct 11 17:55:36 snt01 snort: [1:1210110301:1] RPC Vulnerability - bind
initiation [Classification: Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain]
[Priority: 1]: {TCP} x.x.x.x:3371 -> x.x.x.x5:135
Oct 11 17:55:36 snt01 snort: [1:1210110301:1] RPC Vulnerability - bind
initiation [Classification: Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain]
[Priority: 1]: {TCP} x.x.x.x:3373 -> x.x.x.x6:135
Taking a closer look at this host reveals a version other than XP, which lends
some credibility to the thought that hosts other than XP are exploitable.
nmap -sS -O -A x.x.x.x
Starting nmap 3.45 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap ) at 2003-10-11 16:16
Pacific Daylight Time
Interesting ports on SleepySmurf (x.x.x.x):
(The 1644 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed)
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
135/tcp open msrpc Microsoft Windows msrpc
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
445/tcp open microsoft-ds Microsoft Windows 2000 microsoft-ds
707/tcp open unknown
1025/tcp open msrpc Microsoft Windows msrpc
1027/tcp open msrpc Microsoft Windows msrpc
3372/tcp open msdtc?
3389/tcp open microsoft-rdp Microsoft Terminal Service (Windows 2000
Server)
1 service unrecognized despite returning data. If you know the
service/version, please submit the following fingerprints at
org/cgi-bin/servicefp-submit.cgi :
==============NEXT SERVICE FINGERPRINT (SUBMIT INDIVIDUALLY)==============
SF-Port3372-TCP:V=3.45%D=10/11%Time=3F888F46%r(GetRequest,6,"\xa0L\n\0x\x0
SF:1")%r(HTTPOptions,6,"\xa0L\n\0x\x01")%r(RTSPRequest,6,"\xa0L\n\0x\x01")
SF:%r(Help,6,"\xa0L\n\0x\x01")%r(SSLSessionReq,6,"\xa0L\n\0x\x01")%r(LPDSt
SF:ring,6,"\xa0L\n\0x\x01");
Device type: general purpose
Running: Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME|NT/2K/XP
OS details: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows 2000
Professional or Advanced Server, or Windows XP
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 99.906 seconds
I have also seen a significant rise in smb login failures with the
snort signature:
alert tcp any 445 -> any any (sid:10000216; msg:"SMB Login Failure";
flow:from_server,established; content:"|FF|SMB|73 6d 00 00 c0|"; offset:4
; depth:9;)
The login failures are from systems running XP and would logically
fire in the face of this exploit. Running nmap with -A gives us a good
look at the service on port 445, even though the OS details are
identified as Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows 2000
Professional or Advanced Server, or Windows XP
nmap -sS -O -A x.x.x.x
Starting nmap 3.45 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap ) at 2003-10-11 14:54
Pacific Daylight Time
Interesting ports on DEMENTIA (x.x.x.x):
(The 1652 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed)
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
135/tcp open msrpc Microsoft Windows msrpc
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
445/tcp open microsoft-ds Microsoft Windows XP microsoft-ds
707/tcp open unknown
1030/tcp open iad1?
1 service unrecognized despite returning data. If you know the
service/version, please submit the following fingerprint at http
g/cgi-bin/servicefp-submit.cgi :
SF-Port1030-TCP:V=3.45%D=10/11%Time=3F887C52%r(SMBProgNeg,18,"\x05\0\r\x03
SF:\x10\0\0\0\x18\0\0\0\0\x08\x01@\x04\0\x01\x05\0\xfa\x9f\x06");
Device type: general purpose
Running: Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME|NT/2K/XP
OS details: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows 2000
Professional or Advanced Server, or Windows XP
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 87.703 seconds
So, in the face of this exploit, and without a vendor provided patch,
would it be safe to say that any system returning the nmap scan value
445/tcp open microsoft-ds Microsoft Windows XP microsoft-ds
is potentially vulnerable?
-----Original Message-----
From: VigilantMinds Security Operations Center
[mailto:soc.rpc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:08 PM
To: bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Bad news on RPC DCOM vulnerability
Security Community,
The following information references a serious security threat to you or
your organization if the proper measures have not been taken to prevent
its destructive intent.
Description of Issue
--------------------
VigilantMinds has successfully validated the claims regarding the latest
Microsoft Remote Procedure Call (RPC) vulnerability. Specifically,
VigilantMinds has validated that hosts running fully patched versions of
the following Microsoft operating systems REMAIN subject to denial of
service attacks and possible remote exploitation:
* Microsoft Windows XP Professional
* Microsoft Windows XP Home
* Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstation
Although it has not been verified at this time, other versions of
Microsoft Windows are also suspected to be subject to this
vulnerability.
As with the prior RPC vulnerability (MS03-039), these attacks can occur
on TCP ports 135, 139, 445 and 593; and UDP ports 135, 137, 138 and 445.
Remediation Actions
-------------------
VigilantMinds has notified CERT/CC and informed the vendor of this
issue. As of this posting, no vendor patch is yet available.
As a temporary solution, VigilantMinds suggests that firewall rules be
placed on all affected ports for any exposed systems. All external
connectivity (including VPN) should be firewalled actively for
unnecessary incoming RPC activity.
A Snort signature that will detect traffic patterns associated with this
attack is below. Note that current Snort signatures may also identify
this attack.
Further References
------------------
A Snort signature for this and other versions of the Microsoft RPC
vulnerability:
alert TCP any any -> any 135 (msg:"RPC Vulnerability - bind
initiation";sid:1; rev:1; content:"|05 00 0B 03 10 00 00 00 48 00 00 00
7F 00 00 00 D0 16 D0 16 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00 01 00 a0 01 00 00
00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 46 00 00 00 00 04 5D 88 8A EB 1C C9 11
9F E8 08 00 2B10 48 60 02 00 00 00|";
flow:to_server,established;classtype:attempted-admin;)
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-----Original Message-----
From: 3APA3A [mailto:3APA3A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Posted At: Friday, October 10, 2003 10:49 AM
Posted To: Full Disclosure
Conversation: [Full-Disclosure] Bad news on RPC DCOM vulnerability
Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Bad news on RPC DCOM vulnerability
Dear bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
There are few bad news on RPC DCOM vulnerability:
1. Universal exploit for MS03-039 exists in-the-wild, PINK FLOYD is
again actual. 2. It was reported by exploit author (and confirmed),
Windows XP SP1 with all security fixes installed still vulnerable to
variant of the same bug. Windows 2000/2003 was not tested. For a while
only DoS exploit exists, but code execution is probably possible.
Technical details are sent to Microsoft, waiting for confirmation.
Dear ISPs. Please instruct you customers to use personal fireWALL in
Windows XP.