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Backdoor Sadmind
Alias
  • sadmind/IIS
  • Worm.PoizonBox[1]
TypeComputer worm
OriginChina
Technical details
Platform
Written inEnglish

The Sadmind worm was a computer worm.

It exploited vulnerabilities in both Sun Microsystems' Solaris (Security Bulletin 00191) and Microsoft's Internet Information Services (MS00-078), for which a patch had been made available seven months earlier. It was discovered on May 8, 2001.[4]

fuck USA Government
fuck PoizonBOx
contact:sysadmcn@yahoo.com.cn
Message displayed on sites altered by Sadmind worm.

The worm defaced web servers with a message against the United States government[5] and the anti-Chinese cracking group PoizonBOx.[6]

Systems affected by version

Microsoft (IIS):

  • Version 4.0[7]
  • Version 5.0

Sun Microsystems (Solaris):

  • Version 2.3
  • Version 2.4[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sadmind". F-secure. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  2. ^ "CERT® Advisory CA-2001-11 sadmind/IIS Worm". Cert. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Microsoft IIS and PWS Extended Unicode Directory Traversal Vulnerability". Security Focus. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Backdoor.Sadmind". Symantec. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Unix/SadMind - Worm - Sophos threat analysis". Accessed January 13, 2008.
  6. ^ Raiu, Costin. "One Sad Mind". Accessed January 13, 2008.
  7. ^ "New Sadmind/IIS Worm Defaces Websites and Compromises Internet Security". e-Corp. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Malware FAQ: Sadmind/IIS Worm". Sans. Retrieved 9 February 2013.