March 15, 2010

3/6: BackDoor-DTN Trojan Exploits Microsoft Flaw to Give Attacker Admin Privileges

BackDoor-DTN is a backdoor Trojan that has rootkit capabilities. This backdoor attempts to exploit MS vulnerability (MS08-066) that will allow the attacker to gain Administrator privileges. This backdoor has also password-stealing capabilities and can log keystrokes of the system.

This backdoor removes other backdoor and other Trojans installed in the system. BackDoor-DTN also disables security related products.

More information can be found at this McAfee page.

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