Perl.Santy.C

Perl.Santy.C is a worm written in Perl script that attempts to spread to Web servers running versions of the phpBB 2.x bulletin board software prior to 2.0.11, which are vulnerable to the PHPBB Viewtopic.PHP PHP Script Injection Vulnerability (BID 10701). It uses Google search to find potential new infection targets.

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version December 26, 2004
• Latest Rapid Release version December 26, 2004
• Initial Daily Certified version December 26, 2004
• Latest Daily Certified version June 17, 2008 revision 017
• Initial Weekly Certified release date December 29, 2004

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Medium

Distribution

• Distribution Level: High