Sanity worm defaces websites using php bug

Tue Dec 21 21:01:30 UTC 2004

 there is this from f-secure with some detail of after effects.  

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/santy_a.shtml

----- Original Message -----
From: cw <nanog at fidei.co.uk>
Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 3:47 pm
Subject: Re: Sanity worm defaces websites using php bug

> 
> Does anyone have any more detail on exactly what this thing does 
> after 
> it gets into a system?
> 
> The cgi platform for a company I use has been hit and the effect 
> is 
> not just limited to phpBB, it seems to get into the server and 
> then go 
> through everything it can write to..
> 
> I lost a copy of UBB to this worm even though I don't rund phpBB 
> off 
> the same vhost.
> 
> Gonna be a nightmare for server ops to ensure that all client 
> copies 
> of phpBB are patched..
> 
> 