Common name Backdoor Sadmind Point of origin China | Type Computer worm Written in English | |
Aliases sadmind/IIS
Worm.PoizonBox Operating system(s) affected | ||
The Sadmind worm was a Computer worm.
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.
Systems affected by version
Microsoft (IIS):
Sun Microsystems (Solaris):
References
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