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Short Name

WORM:MOFEI:MOFEI-B-PROPAGATION

Severity

High

Recommended

No

Recommended Action

Drop

Category

WORM

Keywords

MoFei Femot worm windows microsoft smb netbios

Release Date

2003/08/20

Update Number

1213

Supported Platforms

di-5.3+, idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-9.4+, srx-9.2+, srx-branch-9.4+, vsrx-12.1+

WORM: MoFei Worm NetBIOS Propagation Attempt


This signature detects the MoFei worm attempting to propagate to another host. After infecting a host, the MoFei worm propagates by depositing a copy of itself in a vulnerable NetBIOS folder on another host. The MoFei worm is known by several aliases, including W32.Mofei-B and W32.Femot.D.

Extended Description

MoFei is a worm that infects Windows operating systems. It propagates through default Windows network shares.

References

  • URL: http://www.symantec.co.jp/avcenter/venc/data/w32.femot.d.worm.html
  • URL: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mofeib.html
  • URL: http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100357.htm

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