Inqtana.A arrives to victim system as OBEX Push request, requiring user to accept the data transfer. When the transfer is done Inqtana.A uses directory traversal exploit to copy it's files so that it starts automatically on next reboot.
On reboot the Inqtana.A will activate and look for devices that accept OBEX Push transfers and try to send itself to those devices.
OSX/Inqtana.A affects only Mac OSX 10.4, if you use 10.4 make sure that you have installed latest OS updates from Apple.
Bluetooth replication
When Inqtana.A replicates over bluetooth it tries to send three files to any device it finds over bluetooth that supports OBEX push:
- w0rm-support.tgz which contains the worm components
- com.openbundle.plist and com.pwned.plist are needed for worm start in reboot
The files are pushed with three separate OBEX Push requests which user has to accept, if user accepts the push requests the files copied to special locations using CAN-2005-1333 directory traversal exploit.
Startup
The files com.openbundle.plist and com.pwned.plist are dropped into location from where they are called during system startup. The openbundle.plist will unpack the worm components and com.pwned.plist executes the worm main binary.