Behavior
Hacktool.DFind is a utility used to scan for vulnerabilities on remote computers.
Symptoms
Your Symantec program detects Hacktool.DFind.
Transmission
This utility can be installed manually or by a back door.
technical details
File names: Varies
Hacktool.DFind allows an attacker to probe a range of IP addresses to determine whether a host whose address is in that range is vulnerable to specific exploits or is running certain legitimate services.
When Hacktool.DFind is run, it performs the following actions:
1. Scans for the following vulnerabilities and services:
o Open TCP and UDP ports.
o HP Web JetAdmin
o PSOProxy Server
o HP Web Server
o Microsoft Frontpage
o Hacktool.Radmin
o RealServer
o Apache Servers
o IIS servers
o Windows Media Service
o IPC$ shares without password protection.
o Weak write permissions in Microsoft IIS web server.
o Backdoor.OptixPro.10 and variants.
o Dictionary attacks on SQL Servers
o NULL/NTAuth/Passworded connections on Hacktool.Radmin
o The CCBill webserver module
o The PHPbb webserver module
o The PHP-Nuke webserver module.
o WebDav enabled on IIS5.0 webservers
o The Microsoft Windows IIS Index Server ISAPI System-level Remote Access Buffer Overflow
(Microsoft MS01-033)
o The Microsoft SQL Server MDAC buffer overflow (Microsoft MS02-040).
REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONSSee:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/hacktool.dfind.html