A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in MyDoom (affected version not known). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a backdoor vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-912. The product contains functionality that is not documented, not part of the specification, and not accessible through an interface or command sequence that is obvious to the product's users or administrators. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 07/26/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/02/2022). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1588.001 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14184 (Zincite.A (MyDoom.M) Backdoor Detection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Backdoors and running in the context r.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16829) and Tenable (14184).

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