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I name this Weird-118rr On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 09:48:07AM +0530, Lars Higham wrote: > > > > It would be useful if this exploit could be named and documented at > least for one known instance - > > > Regards, > Lars Higham > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Richard D G Cox > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 9:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Spam from weird IP 118.189.136.119 > > > > On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:33:11 +0200, "Pascal Gloor" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > | Getting SPAM from 118.189.136.119 relayed by rr.com ? > | > | this network is not allocated, nor announced. I have been looking > | everywhere to find if it has been announced (historical bgp update > | databases, like RIS RIPE / CIDR REPORT / etc..)... I didnt found > | anything.... this probably mean rr.com is routing that network > | internaly. > > This is very likely to be a known exploit I have been tracking. In all > the cases which we have so far confirmed, the spam was not relayed, but > proxied by a trojan executable which is able to mimic a "previous" > header with such a degree of accuracy that it is indistinguishable from > the genuine article! > > | If there is any rr.com guy around. Could you please check this? > > Our advice would be that the server-that-connected-to-you needs to be > taken offline by the security people at its site (which you say is > RoadRunner) and they should have ALL its disk(s) imaged for forensic > analysis purposes. > > Our experience is that sites hit by this exploit will do basic checks on > the server and claim it is uncompromised and "cannot possibly be sending > that spam". Such a claim would be entirely incorrect. You would need > to persuade them that something is wrong, which is difficult at the best > of times. RoadRunner being involved in this case suggests this may > *not* be the "best of times". > > -- > Richard Cox >
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