Trojan.Agent.CCPK_06f2dad4ee

Dynamic Analysis

Payload

No specific payload has been found.

Process activity

The Trojan creates the following process(es):

xkagd.exe:2984
%original file name%.exe:1792

The Trojan injects its code into the following process(es):No processes have been created.

Mutexes

The following mutexes were created/opened:No objects were found.

File activity

The process xkagd.exe:2984 makes changes in the file system.

The Trojan creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

C:\original .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\config.sys .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\bootmgr .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\Boot .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\Windows .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\ProgramData .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\$Recycle.Bin .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\BOOTSECT.BAK .exe (1963131 bytes)
%Documents and Settings% .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\totalcmd .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\Users .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\XELDZ .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\autoexec.bat .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\System Volume Information .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\%original file name%.exe .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\marker .exe (1963131 bytes)
%Program Files% .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\pagefile.sys .exe (1963131 bytes)

The Trojan deletes the following file(s):

C:\Mirau (0 bytes)
C:\Mirav (0 bytes)
C:\Miraw (0 bytes)
C:\Mirap (0 bytes)
C:\Miraq (0 bytes)
C:\Miram (0 bytes)
C:\Miran (0 bytes)
C:\Mirah (0 bytes)
C:\Mirai (0 bytes)
C:\Miraj (0 bytes)
C:\Mirad (0 bytes)
C:\Mirae (0 bytes)
C:\Miraf (0 bytes)
C:\Mirag (0 bytes)
C:\Mirab (0 bytes)
C:\Mirac (0 bytes)

The process %original file name%.exe:1792 makes changes in the file system.

The Trojan creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

C:\ProgramData\Saaaalamm\Mira.h (960208 bytes)
C:\ProgramData\xkagd.exe (1020884 bytes)

Registry activity

The process xkagd.exe:2984 makes changes in the system registry.

The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

To automatically run itself each time Windows is booted, the Trojan adds the following link to its file to the system registry autorun key:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"Microsoft® Windows® Operating System" = "C:\ProgramData\xkagd.exe"

Dropped PE files

MD5	File path
2ec8224aa654932b765acbe2b7528765	c:\$Recycle.Bin .exe
87dee821fa22d9d48042781c0d916232	c:\%original file name%.exe .exe
c7d4f35e2540dea0abfd509e68a6adc1	c:\BOOTSECT.BAK .exe
02eb407871ec07db3431d71baf1d5575	c:\Boot .exe
2ec81555e9fadbf8c3b7c0622c11dc9d	c:\Documents and Settings .exe
6d5d819284b7aa7dc4dd6cecf4fbc0f9	c:\Perl .exe
967faf7960912dd80c504cc603a1341e	c:\Program Files .exe
c7a688eadd8a521d044fb6dc6d738ed0	c:\ProgramData .exe
0097732504850319971faed87f071fd4	c:\ProgramData\Saaaalamm\Mira.h
3715e7d130cfd523bd3c27fe7a1d198b	c:\ProgramData\xkagd.exe
28dad95c997b8868dd380db8a75b078c	c:\System Volume Information .exe
36014e7631035fc5a914913ec52da1ad	c:\Users .exe
0097732504850319971faed87f071fd4	c:\Users\All Users\Saaaalamm\Mira.h
3715e7d130cfd523bd3c27fe7a1d198b	c:\Users\All Users\xkagd.exe
8cf7dac44d3da4f37eda43c1e1f3c69c	c:\Windows .exe
d7d069f30d88692321559b008d1a1567	c:\XELDZ .exe
1f0c9d582ca20fb7a7ff1fe575e58215	c:\autoexec.bat .exe
63f863562e681fc4c3540b9ef6c6ae86	c:\bootmgr .exe
b9980ebf03a1ac9047cff1f7d23c9655	c:\config.sys .exe
39e0c2a05f43e8f1193bc28c110a0fe9	c:\marker .exe
0c0592e67ecd88dbed48d20d3f60653f	c:\original .exe
1352322f5d7196b2364c7661929f9be8	c:\pagefile.sys .exe
e1828580772b343a87cff6b35a838970	c:\totalcmd .exe

HOSTS file anomalies

No changes have been detected.

Rootkit activity

No anomalies have been detected.

Propagation

Removals

Remove it with Ad-Aware

1. Click (here) to download and install Ad-Aware Free Antivirus.
2. Update the definition files.
3. Run a full scan of your computer.

Manual removal*

1. Terminate malicious process(es) (How to End a Process With the Task Manager):

   xkagd.exe:2984
   %original file name%.exe:1792

2. Delete the original Trojan file.
   
3. Delete or disinfect the following files created/modified by the Trojan:

   C:\original .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\config.sys .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\bootmgr .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\Boot .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\Windows .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\ProgramData .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\$Recycle.Bin .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\BOOTSECT.BAK .exe (1963131 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings% .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\totalcmd .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\Users .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\XELDZ .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\autoexec.bat .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\System Volume Information .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\%original file name%.exe .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\marker .exe (1963131 bytes)
   %Program Files% .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\pagefile.sys .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\ProgramData\Saaaalamm\Mira.h (960208 bytes)
   C:\ProgramData\xkagd.exe (1020884 bytes)

4. Delete the following value(s) in the autorun key (How to Work with System Registry):

   [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
   "Microsoft® Windows® Operating System" = "C:\ProgramData\xkagd.exe"

5. Reboot the computer.
   

*Manual removal may cause unexpected system behaviour and should be performed at your own risk.

Static Analysis

VersionInfo

Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
Product Name: Mira Malware
Product Version: 1.0.0.155
Legal Copyright: Microsoft Corporation
Legal Trademarks:
Original Filename:
Internal Name:
File Version: 1.0.0.155
File Description: Mira Malware
Comments:
Language: Chinese (Simplified, PRC)

Company Name: Microsoft CorporationProduct Name: Mira MalwareProduct Version: 1.0.0.155Legal Copyright: Microsoft CorporationLegal Trademarks: Original Filename: Internal Name: File Version: 1.0.0.155File Description: Mira MalwareComments: Language: Chinese (Simplified, PRC)

PE Sections

Name	Virtual Address	Virtual Size	Raw Size	Entropy	Section MD5
.text	4096	245368	245760	4.22546	1999eec8e9c4cd12139326da6738ca99
.data	249856	608	1024	0.488703	6fda88cf7188a8245a53dfde927250fd
.rdata	253952	9384	9728	3.47165	dbe852009dbd077a9976cb0ecfb9aadf
.bss	266240	18576	0	0	d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
.idata	286720	2212	2560	2.97703	5e5242c565219f3bd33a6568632559dc
.rsrc	290816	758300	750861	4.88139	c46dea246e5ddbc82c43c01408f01ec8

Dropped from:

Downloaded by:

Similar by SSDeep:

Similar by Lavasoft Polymorphic Checker:

Network Activity

URLs

IDS verdicts (Suricata alerts: Emerging Threats ET ruleset)

Traffic

Map

The Trojan connects to the servers at the folowing location(s):

Strings from Dumps

xkagd.exe_2984:

.text

.text

`.data

`.data

.rdata

.rdata

@.bss

@.bss

.idata

.idata

C:\ProgramData\xkagd.exe

C:\ProgramData\xkagd.exe

Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Windows

Windows

Operating System

Operating System

%H:%M:%S

%H:%M:%S

%m/%d/%y

%m/%d/%y

-0123456789

-0123456789

%s:%u: failed assertion `%s'

%s:%u: failed assertion `%s'

RegCloseKey

RegCloseKey

RegOpenKeyA

RegOpenKeyA

ADVAPI32.DLL

ADVAPI32.DLL

KERNEL32.dll

KERNEL32.dll

msvcrt.dll

msvcrt.dll

SHELL32.DLL

SHELL32.DLL

SearchProtocolHost.exe_1908:

.text

.text

`.data

`.data

.rsrc

.rsrc

@.reloc

@.reloc

ADVAPI32.dll

ADVAPI32.dll

ntdll.DLL

ntdll.DLL

KERNEL32.dll

KERNEL32.dll

msvcrt.dll

msvcrt.dll

USER32.dll

USER32.dll

ole32.dll

ole32.dll

OLEAUT32.dll

OLEAUT32.dll

TQUERY.DLL

TQUERY.DLL

MSSHooks.dll

MSSHooks.dll

IMM32.dll

IMM32.dll

SHLWAPI.dll

SHLWAPI.dll

SrchCollatorCatalogInfo

SrchCollatorCatalogInfo

SrchDSSLogin

SrchDSSLogin

SrchDSSPortManager

SrchDSSPortManager

SrchPHHttp

SrchPHHttp

SrchIndexerQuery

SrchIndexerQuery

SrchIndexerProperties

SrchIndexerProperties

SrchIndexerPlugin

SrchIndexerPlugin

SrchIndexerClient

SrchIndexerClient

SrchIndexerSchema

SrchIndexerSchema

Msidle.dll

Msidle.dll

Failed to get REGKEY_FLTRDMN_MS_TO_IDLE, using default

Failed to get REGKEY_FLTRDMN_MS_TO_IDLE, using default

pfps->psProperty.ulKind is LPWSTR but psProperty.lpwstr is NULL or empty

pfps->psProperty.ulKind is LPWSTR but psProperty.lpwstr is NULL or empty

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\utils\crchash.cxx

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\utils\crchash.cxx

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\search\search\gather\fltrdmn\fltrdaemon.cxx

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\search\search\gather\fltrdmn\fltrdaemon.cxx

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\search\common\include\secutil.hxx

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\search\common\include\secutil.hxx

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\tracer\tracerhelpers.h

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\tracer\tracerhelpers.h

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\tracer\mutex.cpp

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\tracer\mutex.cpp

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\include\srchxcpt.hxx

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\include\srchxcpt.hxx

RegDeleteKeyW

RegDeleteKeyW

RegDeleteKeyExW

RegDeleteKeyExW

8%uiP

8%uiP

Invalid parameter passed to C runtime function.

Invalid parameter passed to C runtime function.

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\tracer\tracersecutil.h

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\tracer\tracersecutil.h

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\tracer\tracmain.cpp

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\tracer\tracmain.cpp

-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-%d

-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-%d

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\tracer\tracmain.h

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\tracer\tracmain.h

0xx=

0xx=

%s(%d)

%s(%d)

tid="0x%x"

tid="0x%x"

pid="0x%x"

pid="0x%x"

tagname="%s"

tagname="%s"

tagid="0x%x"

tagid="0x%x"

el="0x%x"

el="0x%x"

time="d/d/d d:d:d.d"

time="d/d/d d:d:d.d"

logname="%s"

logname="%s"

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\tracer\sysimprs.cxx

d:\win7sp1_gdr\enduser\mssearch2\common\tracer\sysimprs.cxx

SHELL32.dll

SHELL32.dll

PROPSYS.dll

PROPSYS.dll

ntdll.dll

ntdll.dll

RegCloseKey

RegCloseKey

RegCreateKeyExW

RegCreateKeyExW

RegOpenKeyExW

RegOpenKeyExW

RegQueryInfoKeyW

RegQueryInfoKeyW

RegEnumKeyExW

RegEnumKeyExW

ReportEventW

ReportEventW

_amsg_exit

_amsg_exit

MsgWaitForMultipleObjects

MsgWaitForMultipleObjects

SearchProtocolHost.pdb

SearchProtocolHost.pdb

2 2(20282|2

2 2(20282|2

4%5S5

4%5S5

Software\Microsoft\Windows Search

Software\Microsoft\Windows Search

https

https

kernel32.dll

kernel32.dll

msTracer.dll

msTracer.dll

msfte.dll

msfte.dll