Short Name |
WORM:MOFEI:MOFEI-B-PROPAGATION |
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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+ |
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.
MoFei is a worm that infects Windows operating systems. It propagates through default Windows network shares.