RE: whoch DCOM exploit code are they speaking about here?

["James Foster" <James.Foster () foundstone com>]

If you are trying to compile within Visual Studio then the compile-time
conversion errors can be alleviated with a "(char * )" in front of the
second parameter 

-Foster



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I realize it's probably just my lack of skills, but this doesn't seem to
compile unmodified. I do not know any C / CPP so I can't figure out what
to
fix to make it compile if it does indeed need modification.


Elvar

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I think this would be the one...

http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0309-exploits/09.16.MS03-039-exp.c

Ed

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>
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/09/16/
nati
> onal1842EDT0790.DTL
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/09/16
/nat
> ional1842EDT0790.DTL>
>
> Security researchers on Tuesday detected hackers distributing software
to
> break into computers using flaws announced last week in some versions
of
> Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
> The threat from this new vulnerability -- which already has drawn
stern
> warnings from the Homeland Security Department -- is remarkably
similar to
> one that allowed the Blaster virus to infect hundreds of thousands of
> computers last month.
> The discovery gives fresh impetus for tens of millions of Windows
users --
> inside corporations and in their homes -- to immediately apply a free
> repairing patch from Microsoft. Homeland Security officials have
warned
that
> attacks could result in a "significant impact" on the operation of the
> Internet.
> Researchers from iDefense Inc. of Reston, Va., who found the new
attack
> software being distributed from a Chinese Web site, said it was
already
> being used to break into vulnerable computers and implant
eavesdropping
> programs. They said they expect widespread attacks similar to the
Blaster
> infection within days.
> "It's fairly likely," said Ken Dunham, a senior iDefense analyst.
"Certainly
> we'll see new variants in the next few hours or days."
> Microsoft confirmed it was studying the new attack tool.
> Last month's Blaster infection spread just days after hackers began
> distributing tools for breaking into Windows computers using a related
> software flaw. That infection disrupted computers at the Federal
Reserve
in
> Atlanta, Maryland's motor vehicle agency and the Minnesota
transportation
> department.
> The latest Windows flaws, announced Sept. 10, were nearly identical to
those
> exploited by the Blaster worm. Computer users who applied an earlier
patch
> in July to protect themselves still must install the new patch from
> Microsoft, available from its Web site.
> Amy Carroll, a director in Microsoft's security business unit, said 63
> percent more people have already downloaded the latest patch than
downloaded
> the patch for last month's similar vulnerability during the same
five-day
> period.
> "We've continued to beat the drum, to give people better awareness,"
Carroll
> said. "We have seen some success."
> The latest hacker tool was relatively polished. It gives hackers
access to
> victims' computers by creating a new account with the name "e" with a
preset
> password. iDefense said the tool includes options to attack two
Windows
2000
> versions that are commonly used inside corporations.
> The tool being distributed Tuesday did not include an option to break
into
> computers running Microsoft's latest operating systems, such as
Windows XP
> or Windows Server 2003, but iDefense said it expected such
modifications
to
> make it more dangerous.
>
> On the Net:
> Microsoft warning:
> www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-039.asp
> <http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-039.asp>
> Homeland Security warning:
> www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2003/Advisory9102003.htm
> <http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2003/Advisory9102003.htm>


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