""ET TROJAN ELF/Muhstik Bot Reporting Vulnerable Server to CnC""

SID: 2026607

Revision: 3

Class Type: trojan-activity

Metadata: affected_product Windows_XP_Vista_7_8_10_Server_32_64_Bit, attack_target Client_Endpoint, created_at 2018_11_14, deployment Perimeter, malware_family Muhstik, performance_impact Low, signature_severity Major, tag DDoS, updated_at 2018_11_15

Reference:

Protocol: tcp

Source Network: $HTTP_SERVERS

Source Port: any

Destination Network: $EXTERNAL_NET

Destination Port: $HTTP_PORTS

Flow: established,to_server

Contents:

  • Value: "GET"

  • Value: "/pma.php?ip=" Depth: 12

Within:

PCRE: "/^\/pma.php\?ip=(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9]).(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9]).(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9]).(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9])$/U"

Special Options:

  • http_method

  • http_uri

  • fast_pattern

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