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Lineage.LEY | |
Threat Level Damage Distribution |
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| Common name: | Lineage.LEY |
| Technical name: | W32/Lineage.LEY |
| Threat level: | Medium |
| Type: | Worm |
| Effects: |
It spreads and affects other computers.
It searches for and steals passwords saved for certain Windows services.
It uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user.
It spreads
, across the Internet, via mapped drives.
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| Affected platforms:
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Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 |
| First detected on: | Nov. 20, 2009 |
| Detection updated on: | Nov. 20, 2009 |
| Statistics | No |
Brief Description | |
Lineage.LEY is a worm that spreads by copying itself, without infecting other files. It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy:
passwords saved by certain Windows services. It uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user: - It modifies system permissions in order to hide itself.
Lineage.LEY uses the following propagation or distribution methods: - Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
- Via Internet, exploiting remote vulnerabilities: attacking random IP addresses, in which it tries to insert a copy of itself by exploiting one or more vulnerabilities.
- Computer networks (mapped drives): it creates copies of itself in mapped drives.
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