Gen.Trojan.Heur.9y1vqu9UYmi_eca1594c4c

Dynamic Analysis

Payload

No specific payload has been found.

Process activity

The Trojan creates the following process(es):

hpmkm.exe:3904
%original file name%.exe:2180

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 hpmkm.exe:3904 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:\marker .exe (1963131 bytes)
%Program Files% .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\%original file name%.exe .exe (1963131 bytes)
C:\pagefile.sys .exe (1963131 bytes)

The Trojan deletes the following file(s):

C:\Mirax (0 bytes)
C:\Miray (0 bytes)
C:\Mirat (0 bytes)
C:\Mirau (0 bytes)
C:\Mirav (0 bytes)
C:\Miraw (0 bytes)
C:\Mirap (0 bytes)
C:\Miraq (0 bytes)
C:\Miras (0 bytes)
C:\Miral (0 bytes)
C:\Miran (0 bytes)
C:\Mirah (0 bytes)
C:\Mirae (0 bytes)
C:\Miraf (0 bytes)
C:\Mirag (0 bytes)

The process %original file name%.exe:2180 makes changes in the file system.

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

C:\ProgramData\hpmkm.exe (1021320 bytes)
C:\ProgramData\Saaaalamm\Mira.h (960208 bytes)

Registry activity

The process hpmkm.exe:3904 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\hpmkm.exe"

Dropped PE files

MD5	File path
6f6be51f51888d25df059a42322f00d3	c:\$Recycle.Bin .exe
8b546d6944ecf59456393cb777ec42e7	c:\BOOTSECT.BAK .exe
ec1fef36063ccfb4e7fd258303f08ad4	c:\Boot .exe
131cab79518c12e3d6fb4ae224f7cb43	c:\Documents and Settings .exe
d4c190cb8fb2a5d4e6967c3507200207	c:\Perl .exe
47bcf2413653ad3dfaee80dc725655a6	c:\Program Files .exe
8988c1aa1a45717b9f5a1bba9a801d40	c:\ProgramData .exe
2549139ceeb2c40c2ea0aeb04527d833	c:\ProgramData\Saaaalamm\Mira.h
19839c6351ac2c60221ed15ed4dfecbb	c:\ProgramData\hpmkm.exe
cb895acc6191a69b948ac1c453961d07	c:\System Volume Information .exe
b9a6a86b0d464f22ddbf3394fa767ab0	c:\Users .exe
2549139ceeb2c40c2ea0aeb04527d833	c:\Users\All Users\Saaaalamm\Mira.h
19839c6351ac2c60221ed15ed4dfecbb	c:\Users\All Users\hpmkm.exe
c6cf92a6d2e39263d2f37fa8168bc0e0	c:\Windows .exe
91007815fbd9d986503af7f33d0067b3	c:\XELDZ .exe
49e45d2fd96e961be3a35bef5dbbdc57	c:\autoexec.bat .exe
d0bdd6e8af27437802779a54847534ae	c:\bootmgr .exe
1e66af8198975361b2a1fbc5483ffbaf	c:\config.sys .exe
8c51a7ec0dc217455817fbee43a03d14	c:\%original file name%.exe .exe
f365fa96b88dda0f775d3f6def4b67d5	c:\marker .exe
ca8d7ed1eb3767508a04968f39c86e4c	c:\original .exe
3c177d95ababef453080599078f307fd	c:\pagefile.sys .exe
6cc3c10d09440aecbc1d6f605db291e6	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):

   hpmkm.exe:3904
   %original file name%.exe:2180

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:\marker .exe (1963131 bytes)
   %Program Files% .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\%original file name%.exe .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\pagefile.sys .exe (1963131 bytes)
   C:\ProgramData\hpmkm.exe (1021320 bytes)
   C:\ProgramData\Saaaalamm\Mira.h (960208 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\hpmkm.exe"

*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: Language Neutral

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: Language Neutral

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	750845	4.89561	9b6c7f0e42fd2f00dd58da2b813280e1

Dropped from:

Downloaded by:

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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

hpmkm.exe_3904:

.text

.text

`.data

`.data

.rdata

.rdata

@.bss

@.bss

.idata

.idata

C:\ProgramData\hpmkm.exe

C:\ProgramData\hpmkm.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