Sadmind (computer worm)
Encyclopedia
The Sadmind worm was a self-propagating piece of malware
.
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.
The worm defaced web servers with a message against the United States
government and the anti-Chinese cracking group PoizonBOx.
Malware
Malware, short for malicious software, consists of programming that is designed to disrupt or deny operation, gather information that leads to loss of privacy or exploitation, or gain unauthorized access to system resources, or that otherwise exhibits abusive behavior...
.
It exploited vulnerabilities in both Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
' Solaris (Security Bulletin 00191) and Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
's Internet Information Services
Internet Information Services
Internet Information Services – formerly called Internet Information Server – is a web server application and set of feature extension modules created by Microsoft for use with Microsoft Windows. It is the most used web server after Apache HTTP Server. IIS 7.5 supports HTTP, HTTPS,...
(MS00-078), for which a patch had been made available seven months earlier. It was discovered on
May 8, 2001.
The worm defaced web servers with a message against the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
government and the anti-Chinese cracking group PoizonBOx.
See also
- Notable computer viruses and worms
- List of computer viruses
- Computer viruses