Code Red II (computer worm)
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Code Red II is a computer worm similar to the Code Red worm. Released two weeks after Code Red on August 4, 2001, although similar in behaviour to the original, analysis showed it to be a new worm instead of a variant. The worm was designed to exploit a security hole in the indexing software included as part of Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) web server software.
A typical signature of the Code Red II worm would appear in a web server log as:
- GET /default.ida?XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- %u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801
- %u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u9090%u8190%u00c3
- %u0003%u8b00%u531b%u53ff%u0078%u0000%u00=a HTTP/1.0
Where the original worm tried to infect other computers at random, Code Red II tried to infect machines on the same subnet as the infected machine.
Microsoft had already released a security patch for IIS that fixed the security hole on June 18, 2001,[1] however not everyone had patched their servers, including Microsoft themselves[2].
[edit] References
- ^ Microsoft (June 18, 2001). Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-033. Microsoft TechNet. Retrieved on February 8, 2007.
- ^ Joris Evers (August 09, 2001). Microsoft Sees Red: Worm Infects Its Own Servers. IDG News Service. Retrieved on February 8, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Original Analysis of Code Red II - analysis by Steve Friedl
- ANALYSIS: CodeRed II Worm - analysis by eEye Digital Security
