Rule: -- Sid: 115 -- Summary: This event is generated when the victim confirms the connection request sent by the attacker using the NetBus Pro 2.0 trojan. -- Impact: Possible theft of data and control of the targeted machine. This Trojan also has the ability to scan machines and networks for open ports, it can also redirect legitimate traffic to other destinations. It can turn the infected host into an open proxy server. -- Detailed Information: This Trojan affects the following operating systems: Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows ME Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP The Trojan changes system registry settings to add the Netbus sever to programs normally started on boot. Due to the nature of this Trojan it is unlikely that the attacker's client IP address has been spoofed. SID Message --- ------- 109 netbus active (outgoing TCP connection) 110 netbus getinfo (incoming TCP connection) 115 netbus active (outgoing TCP connection) Server ports usually opened may be one of the following depending on the version of netbus: 12345, 12346, 20034 NetBus Pro 2.0 incorporates its own protocol. It uses port 20034 by defualt, but it can be changed by the attacker. Packet data includes a ten byte header followed by the packet's encrypted data. The first two bytes of the header are static: 42 4E. The next two bytes indicate the size of the packet, followed by two bytes for the version number, followed by two random bytes, and the final ninth and tenth byte make up the command code. To look for an attack from one of these functions, the header of the suspicious packet will look like: 42 4E S1 S2 V1 V2 R1 R2 C1 C2 NOTE: S1 and S2 are size byte one and size byte two. V1 and V2 are version number byte one and version number byte two. R1 and R2 are random bytes one and two. C1 and C2 are the command code bytes. The following is a list of the command codes for many of Net Bus Pro 2.0's functions: Capture Desktop Image: 41 01 CDROM Open and Close: 60 01 Client Chat: 08 00 Execute File: 30 01 Reading Directory Listing: 50 00 Directory Traversal: 51 00 Go To URL: 33 01 Keyboard Tricks: 61 01 Keylogger: 40 01 Mouse Tricks: 65 01 Open Document: 33 01 Play Sound: 31 01 Plugin Manager: 90 00 Print Document: 34 01 Record Sound: 43 01 Redirect Application: 10 01 Redirect Port: 00 01 Registry Manager: 70 00 Remote Control: 73 01 and 72 01 Send Message: 40 00 Send Text: 64 01 Show Image: 32 01 Sound System: 80 00 System Administrator: 21 00 System Information: 30 00 Windows Manager: 60 00 Any Windows Exit Function(Shutdown, Reboot, etc.): 50 01 -- Attack Scenarios: This Trojan may be delivered to the target in a number of ways. This event is indicative of an existing infection being activated. Initial compromise can be in the form of a Win32 installation program that may use the extension ".jpg" or ".bmp" when delivered via e-mail for example. -- Ease of Attack: This is Trojan activity, the target machine may already be compromised. Updated virus definition files are essential in detecting this Trojan. -- False Positives: None Known -- False Negatives: None Known -- Corrective Action: The manual removal of this Trojan should only be attempted by an experienced Windows system administrator. Edit the system registry to remove the extra keys or restore a previously known good copy of the registry. Affected registry keys are: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Registry keys added include: Netbus Server Pro PATCH "C:\windows\patch.exe /nomsg" - note: the entry may not necessarily be called PATCH NetBuster = "" SysCopy = "command /c copy %windir%\\keyhook.dl_ %windir%\\*.dll /Y" Rundll32 = "rundll.dl_ /noadd" Rundll = "regedit /s nbsetup2.reg" Later versions may also add one of these registry entries: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/UltraAccess Networks/NetBus Server/ HKEY_CURRENT_USER/NetBus Server/ These entries should be deleted. The files rundll.dl_ (note the underscore, this is important) and nbsetup2.reg should be deleted if they exist. Ending the process is necessary. A reboot of the infected machine is recommended. -- Contributors: Original Rule Writer Max Vision <vision@whitehats.com> Sourcefire Research Team Nigel Houghton <nigel.houghton@sourcefire.com> Ricky Macatee <rmacatee@sourcefire.com> -- Additional References: Whitehats arachNIDS http://www.whitehats.com/info/IDS401 http://www.whitehats.com/info/IDS403 Hackfix.org http://www.hackfix.org/netbusfix/index.shtml Dark-e Trojan Archive http://www.dark-e.com/archive/trojans/netbus/index.html --
