Perl/Santy.A
| Perl/Santy.A |
Destructivity:  Spreading: Overall risk: 
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| • Detected by virus detection files published: 12/22/2004 | • Type: Worm |
| • Virus characteristics first published: 12/22/2004 | • Spreading mechanism: Other |
| • Virus characteristics latest update: 1/5/2005 | • Overall risk: Low |
| • Alias: Exploit.Perl.Gog.A, WORM_SANTY.A, Net-Worm.Perl.Santy.a, PHP/Santy.A.worm | • Payload: Overwrites HTML-pages and defaces web sites. |
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This is an internet worm that spreads between webservers running the popular bulletin board software phpBB. Some versions of this software (versions 2+) had a bug that could allow an attacker to run code on the server. Users should upgrade to phpBB ver. 2.0.11 or later, in which this vulnerability has been patched. More information about this here: http://secunia.com/advisories/13239 |
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