Gen.Trojan.Heur.9y1vqu9UYmi_58f90ced36

Dynamic Analysis

Payload

No specific payload has been found.

Process activity

The Trojan creates the following process(es):

%original file name%.exe:268
rjmwiv.exe:1908

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 %original file name%.exe:268 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\rjmwiv.exe (1019423 bytes)

The process rjmwiv.exe:1908 makes changes in the file system.

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

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:\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:\Miraw (0 bytes)
C:\Mirar (0 bytes)
C:\Miral (0 bytes)
C:\Miram (0 bytes)
C:\Miran (0 bytes)
C:\Mirao (0 bytes)
C:\Mirah (0 bytes)
C:\Mirai (0 bytes)
C:\Mirak (0 bytes)
C:\Mirad (0 bytes)
C:\Miraf (0 bytes)
C:\Mirag (0 bytes)
C:\Miraa (0 bytes)
C:\Mirac (0 bytes)

Registry activity

The process rjmwiv.exe:1908 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\rjmwiv.exe"

Dropped PE files

MD5	File path
4843298109de934feefe5bfdc3eb90be	c:\$Recycle.Bin .exe
3c05f3df0e48aaa87d471f7568bd9121	c:\%original file name%.exe .exe
84d03a4c77f9ed9ff9a03e8d5ab388ca	c:\BOOTSECT.BAK .exe
f2c4d5222f356129accee5a7ac0ddcc5	c:\Boot .exe
4bbf7d8253371eba8213a3f80017feec	c:\Documents and Settings .exe
5cbf2d650bce8a001f0b12ce8880fd70	c:\Perl .exe
cdd825afa244e64fa08e0b598222de5b	c:\Program Files .exe
c620757e13e739051723107e0413e34e	c:\ProgramData .exe
2549139ceeb2c40c2ea0aeb04527d833	c:\ProgramData\Saaaalamm\Mira.h
21b281d413f4534140954aa4f1d49bdc	c:\ProgramData\rjmwiv.exe
78da4626236663ea7945dc1ec6a286f3	c:\System Volume Information .exe
486d0ed9b7bf586462c59f32a583b803	c:\Users .exe
2549139ceeb2c40c2ea0aeb04527d833	c:\Users\All Users\Saaaalamm\Mira.h
21b281d413f4534140954aa4f1d49bdc	c:\Users\All Users\rjmwiv.exe
eac2513da212300029c9f8fa1724884b	c:\Windows .exe
546073f51515a17104722ff337830b41	c:\XELDZ .exe
44e644c89878f81adb3cd4270da0fa4d	c:\autoexec.bat .exe
0bdfdc3df7cfd64b670d7cc7bfa8f0fc	c:\bootmgr .exe
8b27a742351a24558b52b4d64e4ed029	c:\config.sys .exe
a9093b0d940147b70d12e6f4ad87f384	c:\marker .exe
21a2d6b5244f577a03614d008c826fc8	c:\original .exe
d6b4561b758217c337eb151d3c683dab	c:\pagefile.sys .exe
15dbbfaf3730f46f98b7686d6cda18ed	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):

   %original file name%.exe:268
   rjmwiv.exe:1908

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

   C:\ProgramData\Saaaalamm\Mira.h (960208 bytes)
   C:\ProgramData\rjmwiv.exe (1019423 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:\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)

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\rjmwiv.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: 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	750827	4.88309	3924d485b118c3f3019b86b5ceaa71fa

Dropped from:

2f6fb4894885ffa0aaa886c79216e5d1

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

rjmwiv.exe_1908:

.text

.text

`.data

`.data

.rdata

.rdata

@.bss

@.bss

.idata

.idata

C:\ProgramData\rjmwiv.exe

C:\ProgramData\rjmwiv.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_684:

.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