Sadmind

Sadmind

Common name	Backdoor Sadmind
Aliases	sadmind/IIS Worm.PoizonBox[1]
Type	Computer worm
Point of origin	China
Operating system(s) affected	Sun Microsystems Solaris[2] Microsoft IIS[3]
Written in	English

The Sadmind worm was a Computer worm.

It exploited vulnerabilities in both Sun Microsystems' Solaris (Security Bulletin 00191) and Microsoft's Internet Information Services (MS00-078), for which a patch had been made available seven months earlier. It was discovered on May 8, 2001.^[4]

fuck USA Government
fuck PoizonBOx

contact:[email protected]

Message displayed on sites altered by Sadmind worm.

The worm defaced web servers with a message against the United States government^[5] and the anti-Chinese cracking group PoizonBOx.^[6]

Systems affected by version

Microsoft (IIS):

• Version 4.0^[7]
• Version 5.0

Sun Microsystems (Solaris):

• Version 2.3
• Version 2.4^[8]

See also

• Timeline of computer viruses and worms
• Comparison of computer viruses
• Computer viruses

References

1. "Sadmind". F-secure. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
2. "CERT® Advisory CA-2001-11 sadmind/IIS Worm". Cert. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
3. "Microsoft IIS and PWS Extended Unicode Directory Traversal Vulnerability". Security Focus. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
4. "Backdoor.Sadmind". Symantec. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
5. "Unix/SadMind - Worm - Sophos threat analysis". Accessed January 13, 2008.
6. Raiu, Costin. "One Sad Mind". Accessed January 13, 2008.
7. "New Sadmind/IIS Worm Defaces Websites and Compromises Internet Security". e-Corp. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
8. "Malware FAQ: Sadmind/IIS Worm". Sans. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

External links

• CERT Advisory CA-2001-11
• Rates Sadmind/IIS Worm a One In Severity - Risk Impact of Security Vulnerability Resulting From Worm Exploit Rated as High
• Worm Attacks IIS Servers