Gen.Trojan.Heur.9y1vqu9UYmi_bf8d4196e4

Dynamic Analysis

Payload

No specific payload has been found.

Process activity

The Trojan creates the following process(es):

%original file name%.exe:3884
icpmut.exe:452

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:3884 makes changes in the file system.

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

C:\ProgramData\icpmut.exe (1020824 bytes)
C:\ProgramData\Saaaalamm\Mira.h (960208 bytes)

The process icpmut.exe:452 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:\Mirax (0 bytes)
C:\Miray (0 bytes)
C:\Mirat (0 bytes)
C:\Mirav (0 bytes)
C:\Mirap (0 bytes)
C:\Miraq (0 bytes)
C:\Miras (0 bytes)
C:\Miral (0 bytes)
C:\Mirah (0 bytes)
C:\Miraj (0 bytes)
C:\Mirae (0 bytes)
C:\Miraf (0 bytes)
C:\Mirab (0 bytes)

Registry activity

The process icpmut.exe:452 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\icpmut.exe"

Dropped PE files

MD5	File path
9a414a198ad56d8551a712f6d011d612	c:\$Recycle.Bin .exe
e7ab1a4f1608094321a15be514da15d0	c:\BOOTSECT.BAK .exe
c941b676b313a6905daf051652f0caa6	c:\Boot .exe
e25b4fb9a963c4213f4d045742309820	c:\Documents and Settings .exe
3b426db8dc112a3644889fd0573fb1ec	c:\Perl .exe
b09f7849fb6250252a3507d308a9e084	c:\Program Files .exe
1c50b85d4e9ba4f9767d2f03326ba499	c:\ProgramData .exe
2549139ceeb2c40c2ea0aeb04527d833	c:\ProgramData\Saaaalamm\Mira.h
b8ef49d61c8de8dff2bfda0b137d947d	c:\ProgramData\icpmut.exe
bbb86c1f3b0fad5414cb6023c4f3c87b	c:\System Volume Information .exe
aa68d9077bc6e2d827694555442457b5	c:\Users .exe
2549139ceeb2c40c2ea0aeb04527d833	c:\Users\All Users\Saaaalamm\Mira.h
b8ef49d61c8de8dff2bfda0b137d947d	c:\Users\All Users\icpmut.exe
01bc495889faf2e67206acf5865d4818	c:\Windows .exe
d786a7e0a2c4b7e311b374b764751685	c:\XELDZ .exe
3b1747e53f9371646863c5db66089477	c:\autoexec.bat .exe
9af6790b73a5dafb7d67f16cc2720531	c:\%original file name%.exe .exe
9c7509482722718db4e5cdb05b334110	c:\bootmgr .exe
75f290c2af35509328a23d23cc6891d5	c:\config.sys .exe
2852c3cf4a66f3712c5e85d3bf2ec25d	c:\marker .exe
cf05401b15b1abc279d88b7d6ab7af2b	c:\original .exe
b16fd64ad85185f1e16c9d3159d374b3	c:\pagefile.sys .exe
91d1430aafb7f1684bb008ade4b50e3d	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:3884
   icpmut.exe:452

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

   C:\ProgramData\icpmut.exe (1020824 bytes)
   C:\ProgramData\Saaaalamm\Mira.h (960208 bytes)
   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)

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\icpmut.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	750835	4.8963	a6e1978b7ee7c912d24af1059cef9639

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

icpmut.exe_452:

.text

.text

`.data

`.data

.rdata

.rdata

@.bss

@.bss

.idata

.idata

C:\ProgramData\icpmut.exe

C:\ProgramData\icpmut.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_2372:

.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