Trojan.Agent.CCPK_8765f5d5af

Dynamic Analysis

Payload

No specific payload has been found.

Process activity

The Trojan creates the following process(es):

eqfsxa.exe:1024
%original file name%.exe:644

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 eqfsxa.exe:1024 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:\%original file name%.exe .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:\Miray (0 bytes)
C:\Mirau (0 bytes)
C:\Mirav (0 bytes)
C:\Miraq (0 bytes)
C:\Miral (0 bytes)
C:\Miram (0 bytes)
C:\Mirao (0 bytes)
C:\Miraj (0 bytes)
C:\Mirak (0 bytes)
C:\Mirae (0 bytes)
C:\Miraf (0 bytes)
C:\Mirag (0 bytes)
C:\Miraa (0 bytes)
C:\Mirab (0 bytes)

The process %original file name%.exe:644 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\eqfsxa.exe (1021144 bytes)

Registry activity

The process eqfsxa.exe:1024 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\eqfsxa.exe"

Dropped PE files

MD5	File path
ce91acbfd96f61daeb2ef08b7ba18f61	c:\$Recycle.Bin .exe
7c999413af8740a7897fa9631739183d	c:\%original file name%.exe .exe
0817fa99298c6af80203fa9d5cdd715f	c:\BOOTSECT.BAK .exe
5b30db93fd35d2dd65d9369efa1a7dad	c:\Boot .exe
965611c574b2bb36711f2278b8f9f6cf	c:\Documents and Settings .exe
aa8f0e48165a66624e3b18839bc3dd53	c:\Perl .exe
574887eaa348b140a188a0f2542dd5b9	c:\Program Files .exe
e38a37a363ad055ab88df1bd7f691b63	c:\ProgramData .exe
2549139ceeb2c40c2ea0aeb04527d833	c:\ProgramData\Saaaalamm\Mira.h
35b088e5eb7061f4bc8a9d310fffb0f9	c:\ProgramData\eqfsxa.exe
5cb8477fd67204a177d893d4a3773155	c:\System Volume Information .exe
0feaad07201a6fe8b80b79be3f2f95e1	c:\Users .exe
2549139ceeb2c40c2ea0aeb04527d833	c:\Users\All Users\Saaaalamm\Mira.h
35b088e5eb7061f4bc8a9d310fffb0f9	c:\Users\All Users\eqfsxa.exe
52fbae090637c2e1c19b093cd82ba910	c:\Windows .exe
96dcbcb98ac184d0d8f62d370e7cb9b7	c:\XELDZ .exe
5ef2a48bb58e79ad345c53f06ab44b01	c:\autoexec.bat .exe
813ce3d7425ba63f66c261499cab74d6	c:\bootmgr .exe
77e089e5fa5d0225e500ca5a788fc285	c:\config.sys .exe
ee637ff354014b5e345be5808aed395f	c:\marker .exe
a746545b612bba4f28c85236b7e4eccf	c:\original .exe
4d527b4af7a2d8215de5482b224f1d63	c:\pagefile.sys .exe
a8fcdbec616f4da6235ee78686cc3a4f	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):

   eqfsxa.exe:1024
   %original file name%.exe:644

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:\%original file name%.exe .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\eqfsxa.exe (1021144 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\eqfsxa.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	750847	4.91374	d64b3f83d974c4b1e3e89b1a49a7df07

Dropped from:

e22b84636bb767b25992fe63aa26aaf0

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

eqfsxa.exe_1024:

.text

.text

`.data

`.data

.rdata

.rdata

@.bss

@.bss

.idata

.idata

C:\ProgramData\eqfsxa.exe

C:\ProgramData\eqfsxa.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_260:

.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

Phx%x

Phx%x

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