4/15: Sdbot-XC Worm Targets Passwords
April 15, 2005

W32/Sdbot-XC is a network worm with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.

The worm spreads through network shares protected by weak passwords, MS-SQL servers and through various operating system vulnerabilities.

Patches for the vulnerabilities exploited by W32/Sdbot-XC can be obtained from Microsoft at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-012.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-039.mspx

More information can be found at Sophos page.