Trojan.Agent.CCPK_ee7acdd954

Dynamic Analysis

Payload

No specific payload has been found.

Process activity

The Trojan creates the following process(es):

qhkvu.exe:3504
%original file name%.exe:2340

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 qhkvu.exe:3504 makes changes in the file system.

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

C:\config.sys .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\%original file name%.exe .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:\original .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:\marker .exe (1963131 bytes)
%Program Files% .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\pagefile.sys .exe (1963131 bytes)

The Trojan deletes the following file(s):

C:\Mirax (0 bytes)
C:\Mirat (0 bytes)
C:\Mirau (0 bytes)
C:\Miraw (0 bytes)
C:\Miraq (0 bytes)
C:\Mirar (0 bytes)
C:\Miram (0 bytes)
C:\Miran (0 bytes)
C:\Mirah (0 bytes)
C:\Mirai (0 bytes)
C:\Mirak (0 bytes)
C:\Mirad (0 bytes)
C:\Mirae (0 bytes)
C:\Miraf (0 bytes)
C:\Mirac (0 bytes)

The process %original file name%.exe:2340 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\qhkvu.exe (1020884 bytes)

Registry activity

The process qhkvu.exe:3504 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\qhkvu.exe"

Dropped PE files

MD5	File path
f7accb49ed03870d59633e3760876383	c:\$Recycle.Bin .exe
0d3e584fbf68a2bc1c076522efc72c86	c:\BOOTSECT.BAK .exe
897122a5f00ffdc91bf1a9ae3cf4fe64	c:\Boot .exe
1779fb2afe225c21570d49f6a84e6437	c:\Documents and Settings .exe
1eed0f3145c6e01caebc27f7a88ce0db	c:\Perl .exe
28c65c5387e468b10bdf1ea2c8870abf	c:\Program Files .exe
99fb758469b1ea50e5b16753d5cd14a6	c:\ProgramData .exe
2549139ceeb2c40c2ea0aeb04527d833	c:\ProgramData\Saaaalamm\Mira.h
c38c68ce976ea8cff4a8ac62a99471f2	c:\ProgramData\ilomen.exe
4793f3e630b29180ab1bd2411a0e37f6	c:\System Volume Information .exe
c5dfbf2b4c6d02c9184e9478485ee0f8	c:\Users .exe
2549139ceeb2c40c2ea0aeb04527d833	c:\Users\All Users\Saaaalamm\Mira.h
c38c68ce976ea8cff4a8ac62a99471f2	c:\Users\All Users\ilomen.exe
d94a4b0f1e9fc2d424d923ebc2db4b30	c:\Windows .exe
d85a896689bd8bb9bb754c0b1cc955b3	c:\XELDZ .exe
90f54a4ed53e9c0d95dd39479fec91a4	c:\autoexec.bat .exe
d6f2ffddfad9fe295efcff87090f7606	c:\bootmgr .exe
4115a74d46b0078c05e27a5051f22a1f	c:\config.sys .exe
b5d77d62f9eff15253c46beb30ed9ede	c:\%original file name%.exe .exe
90585b92cf1b99eca29cd323f07d1877	c:\marker .exe
322c6fdeafdb988c2b4977e6ec7c88fe	c:\original .exe
1100d8443eb2245a332c2a1c1d43ceb7	c:\pagefile.sys .exe
e724b86322bcf8a75dc60ff3d961871e	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):

   qhkvu.exe:3504
   %original file name%.exe:2340

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

   C:\config.sys .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\%original file name%.exe .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:\original .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:\marker .exe (1963131 bytes)
   %Program Files% .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\pagefile.sys .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\ProgramData\Saaaalamm\Mira.h (960208 bytes)
   C:\ProgramData\qhkvu.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\qhkvu.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: English (United States)

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: English (United States)

PE Sections

Name	Virtual Address	Virtual Size	Raw Size	Entropy	Section MD5
.text	4096	245368	245760	4.21465	8b164ac8ef3742f37830dc1842275667
.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	750853	4.89714	2662c03bf200828c2a2b1e76b1e4eadb

Dropped from:

e251f9104f0b1cb295d6b159b1fa7d43

Downloaded by:

Similar by SSDeep:

Similar by Lavasoft Polymorphic Checker:

Total found: 10
4323ce40fd7455ebb20afd63df4aa636
f3fafa463922d7bce746a2a2d553ea7f
4a97cc7431d684d52ed285cc6828ed42
cf4a401ae3777a3b135c9d2eff98bd83
808b4da1f05965bd243e3da847a21874
29d560ac32ba9216f41dcf24b5e50110
9576c0a475f5f2210968fa06b4ea35cd
423df2c21f534b74869483bad3e269b8
e905da1e391c894c41b1572c7d76f2b3
991abde421b03a35daea8ffc2412a22b

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

qhkvu.exe_3504:

.text

.text

`.data

`.data

.rdata

.rdata

@.bss

@.bss

.idata

.idata

C:\ProgramData\qhkvu.exe

C:\ProgramData\qhkvu.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

ilomen.exe_260:

.text

.text

`.data

`.data

.rdata

.rdata

@.bss

@.bss

.idata

.idata

C:\ProgramData\ilomen.exe

C:\ProgramData\ilomen.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_848:

.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