Trojan.GenericKD.2506025_1aa65e9ad7 – Adaware

Dynamic Analysis

Payload

No specific payload has been found.

Process activity

The Trojan creates the following process(es):

%original file name%.exe:756

The Trojan injects its code into the following process(es):

system32.exe:196

Mutexes

The following mutexes were created/opened:No objects were found.

File activity

The process system32.exe:196 makes changes in the file system.

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

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4DQJW9YN\ini[1].htm (1 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\OPQNSD2J\ini[1].htm (1 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Service Manager.exe (5441 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4DQJW9YN\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\OPQNSD2J\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\WLMVCPYN\ini[1].htm (1 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\WLMVCPYN\desktop.ini (67 bytes)

The Trojan deletes the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4DQJW9YN\conf[1].htm (0 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\OPQNSD2J\conf[1].htm (0 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\WLMVCPYN\ini[1].htm (0 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\OPQNSD2J\ini[1].htm (0 bytes)

The process %original file name%.exe:756 makes changes in the file system.

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

%System%.exe (5441 bytes)

Registry activity

The process system32.exe:196 makes changes in the system registry.

The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths]
"Directory" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path4]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache4"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]
"SavedLegacySettings" = "3C 00 00 00 1D 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"GlobalUserOffline" = "0"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cookies" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Cookies"
"Startup" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache2"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Cache" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable" = "0"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "51 44 9B 0B 96 B4 40 50 A3 45 2C 11 5C 14 53 8F"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache1"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path3]
"CacheLimit" = "65452"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MigrateProxy" = "1"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"History" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\History"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path3]
"CachePath" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\Cache3"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths]
"Paths" = "4"

The Trojan modifies IE settings for security zones to map all local web-nodes with no dots which do not refer to any zone to the Intranet Zone:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap]
"UNCAsIntranet" = "1"

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]
"System Manager" = "%System%.exe"

Proxy settings are disabled:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable" = "0"

The Trojan modifies IE settings for security zones to map all urls to the Intranet Zone:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap]
"IntranetName" = "1"

The Trojan modifies IE settings for security zones to map all web-nodes that bypassing the proxy to the Intranet Zone:

"ProxyBypass" = "1"

The Trojan deletes the following value(s) in system registry:

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"AutoConfigURL"
"ProxyServer"
"ProxyOverride"

The process %original file name%.exe:756 makes changes in the system registry.

The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "48 B2 98 D9 A7 72 BA 5F 1C 44 62 58 DB 7A ED 38"

Dropped PE files

There are no dropped PE files.

HOSTS file anomalies

No changes have been detected.

Rootkit activity

No anomalies have been detected.

Propagation

Removals

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Manual removal*

Terminate malicious process(es) (How to End a Process With the Task Manager):
%original file name%.exe:756
Delete the original Trojan file.
Delete or disinfect the following files created/modified by the Trojan:
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4DQJW9YN\ini[1].htm (1 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\OPQNSD2J\ini[1].htm (1 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Service Manager.exe (5441 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4DQJW9YN\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\OPQNSD2J\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\WLMVCPYN\ini[1].htm (1 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\WLMVCPYN\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%System%.exe (5441 bytes)
Delete the following value(s) in the autorun key (How to Work with System Registry):
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"System Manager" = "%System%.exe"
Clean the Temporary Internet Files folder, which may contain infected files (How to clean Temporary Internet Files folder).
Reboot the computer.

*Manual removal may cause unexpected system behaviour and should be performed at your own risk.

Static Analysis

VersionInfo

Company Name:
Product Name:
Product Version: 3.3.12.0
Legal Copyright: Google Updater
Legal Trademarks:
Original Filename:
Internal Name:
File Version: 4.0.0.124
File Description: Google Updater
Comments: Google Updater
Language: English (United States)

Company Name: Product Name: Product Version: 3.3.12.0Legal Copyright: Google UpdaterLegal Trademarks: Original Filename: Internal Name: File Version: 4.0.0.124File Description: Google UpdaterComments: Google UpdaterLanguage: English (United States)

PE Sections

Name	Virtual Address	Virtual Size	Raw Size	Entropy	Section MD5
UPX0	4096	978944	0	0	d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
UPX1	983040	348160	344576	5.50171	cfb88def4a41cc3523e0b55da5cd2b46
.rsrc	1331200	442368	440832	4.16708	bed1d520873b32857dd218da5d71730a

Dropped from:

Downloaded by:

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Network Activity

URLs

URL	IP
hxxp://us1.science/read/conf.php
hxxp://us1.science/read/ini.php
hxxp://whos.amung.us/swidget/nexusexem	67.202.94.86

IDS verdicts (Suricata alerts: Emerging Threats ET ruleset)

Traffic

GET /read/ini.php HTTP/1.1

User-Agent: AutoIt

Host: us1.science

Cache-Control: no-cache

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 15:58:21 GMT

Server: LiteSpeed

Connection: close

Content-Type: text/html

Content-Length: 1

5..

GET /read/conf.php HTTP/1.1

User-Agent: AutoIt

Host: us1.science

Cache-Control: no-cache

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 15:57:55 GMT

Server: LiteSpeed

Connection: close

Content-Type: text/html

Content-Length: 0

GET /swidget/nexusexem HTTP/1.1

User-Agent: WIN_XP_X86

Referer: WIN_XP_X86

Host: whos.amung.us

Cache-Control: no-cache

HTTP/1.1 303 See Other

Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 15:58:52 GMT

Content-Type: text/html

Transfer-Encoding: chunked

Connection: close

Location: hXXp://widgets.amung.us/small/00/35.png

Set-Cookie: uid=CgH9H1WOyDyp53dkZuSZAg==; expires=Thu, 31-Dec-37 23:55:55 GMT; domain=atta; path=/

0..

GET /read/ini.php HTTP/1.1

User-Agent: AutoIt

Host: us1.science

Cache-Control: no-cache

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 15:57:56 GMT

Server: LiteSpeed

Connection: close

Content-Type: text/html

Content-Length: 1

5..

GET /read/conf.php HTTP/1.1

User-Agent: AutoIt

Host: us1.science

Cache-Control: no-cache

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 15:58:20 GMT

Server: LiteSpeed

Connection: close

Content-Type: text/html

Content-Length: 0

GET /swidget/nexusexem HTTP/1.1

User-Agent: WIN_XP_X86

Referer: WIN_XP_X86

Host: whos.amung.us

Cache-Control: no-cache

HTTP/1.1 303 See Other

Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 15:58:21 GMT

Content-Type: text/html

Transfer-Encoding: chunked

Connection: close

Location: hXXp://widgets.amung.us/small/00/35.png

Set-Cookie: uid=CgH9I1WOyB0OCnxdaX YAg==; expires=Thu, 31-Dec-37 23:55:55 GMT; domain=atta; path=/

0..

Map

The Trojan connects to the servers at the folowing location(s):

Strings from Dumps

system32.exe_196:

`.rsrc

SSh8*K

.hP6K

PSSSSSSh

Gt.Ht$

t.jGZf;

PSSShl

PVSShl

j.Zf;

;K|s%f

?#%X.y

GetProcessWindowStation

operator

kernel32.dll

oleaut32.dll

RegDeleteKeyExW

advapi32.dll

Error text not found (please report)

operand of unlimited repeat could match the empty string

POSIX named classes are supported only within a class

erroffset passed as NULL

POSIX collating elements are not supported

this version of PCRE is compiled without UTF support

PCRE does not support \L, \l, \N{name}, \U, or \u

support for \P, \p, and \X has not been compiled

this version of PCRE is not compiled with Unicode property support

\N is not supported in a class

zcÃ

GetProcessHeap

CreatePipe

GetWindowsDirectoryW

GetCPInfo

RegDeleteKeyW

RegEnumKeyExW

RegCreateKeyExW

RegOpenKeyExW

RegCloseKey

SetViewportOrgEx

ShellExecuteExW

SHFileOperationW

ShellExecuteW

RegisterHotKey

GetKeyboardLayoutNameW

ExitWindowsEx

EnumThreadWindows

UnregisterHotKey

keybd_event

GetAsyncKeyState

SetKeyboardState

GetKeyboardState

GetKeyState

VkKeyScanW

EnumWindows

EnumChildWindows

MapVirtualKeyW

CloseWindowStation

SetProcessWindowStation

OpenWindowStationW

InternetCrackUrlW

HttpQueryInfoW

HttpOpenRequestW

HttpSendRequestW

FtpOpenFileW

FtpGetFileSize

InternetOpenUrlW

##@,&,//,))

.jQG2

3(-,'')-*/%'

9(***3).**-)'

H%d=j@

0!;....(

.text

`.rdata

@.data

.rsrc

@.reloc

?6I-DNJ}

.textO

@.MNT

q|-0}

KERNEL32.DLL

ADVAPI32.dll

COMCTL32.dll

COMDLG32.dll

GDI32.dll

IPHLPAPI.DLL

MPR.dll

ole32.dll

OLEAUT32.dll

PSAPI.DLL

SHELL32.dll

USER32.dll

USERENV.dll

UxTheme.dll

VERSION.dll

WININET.dll

WINMM.dll

WSOCK32.dll

mscoree.dll

combase.dll

- CRT not initialized

- Attempt to initialize the CRT more than once.

- floating point support not loaded

USER32.DLL

>>>AUTOIT NO CMDEXECUTE

CMDLINERAW

CMDLINE

/AutoIt3ExecuteLine

/AutoIt3ExecuteScript

APPSKEY

789:;?

FTPSETPROXY

GUICTRLRECVMSG

GUICTRLSENDMSG

GUIGETMSG

GUIREGISTERMSG

HOTKEYSET

HTTPSETPROXY

HTTPSETUSERAGENT

ISKEYWORD

MSGBOX

REGENUMKEY

SHELLEXECUTE

SHELLEXECUTEWAIT

TCPACCEPT

TCPCLOSESOCKET

TCPCONNECT

TCPLISTEN

TCPNAMETOIP

TCPRECV

TCPSEND

TCPSHUTDOWN

TCPSTARTUP

TRAYGETMSG

UDPBIND

UDPCLOSESOCKET

UDPOPEN

UDPRECV

UDPSEND

UDPSHUTDOWN

UDPSTARTUP

SendKeyDelay

SendKeyDownDelay

TCPTimeout

WINDOWSDIR

AUTOITEXE

HOTKEYPRESSED

%s (%d) : ==> %s.:

Line %d:

Line %d (File "%s"):

%s (%d) : ==> %s:

AutoIt script files (*.au3, *.a3x)

*.au3;*.a3x

All files (*.*)

04090000

%u.%u.%u.%u

0.0.0.0

Mddddd

"%s" (%d) : ==> %s:

\??\%s

GUI_RUNDEFMSG

AUTOITCALLVARIABLE%d

255.255.255.255

Keyword

AUTOIT.ERROR

Null Object assignment in FOR..IN loop

Incorrect Object type in FOR..IN loop

3, 3, 12, 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

HKEY_CURRENT_USER

HKEY_USERS

%d/d/d

%System%.exe

AutoIt supports the __stdcall (WINAPI) and __cdecl calling conventions. The __stdcall (WINAPI) convention is used by default but __cdecl can be used instead. See the DllCall() documentation for details on changing the calling convention.

Missing operator in expression."Unbalanced brackets in expression.

Error parsing function call.0Incorrect number of parameters in function call.'"ReDim" used without an array variable.>Illegal text at the end of statement (one statement per line).1"If" statement has no matching "EndIf" statement.1"Else" statement with no matching "If" statement.2"EndIf" statement with no matching "If" statement.7Too many "Else" statements for matching "If" statement.3"While" statement has no matching "Wend" statement.4"Wend" statement with no matching "While" statement.%Variable used without being declared.XArray variable has incorrect number of subscripts or subscript dimension range exceeded.#Variable subscript badly formatted.*Subscript used on non-accessible variable.&Too many subscripts used for an array.0Missing subscript dimensions in "Dim" statement.NNo variable given for "Dim", "Local", "Global", "Struct" or "Const" statement.

0Expected a "=" operator in assignment statement.*Invalid keyword at the start of this line.

Invalid element in a DllStruct.*Unknown option or bad parameter specified.&Unable to load the internet libraries./"Struct" statement has no matching "EndStruct".HUnable to open file, the maximum number of open files has been exceeded.K"ContinueLoop" statement with no matching "While", "Do" or "For" statement.

Invalid file filter given.*Expected a variable in user function call.1"Do" statement has no matching "Until" statement.2"Until" statement with no matching "Do" statement.#"For" statement is badly formatted.2"Next" statement with no matching "For" statement.N"ExitLoop/ContinueLoop" statements only valid from inside a For/Do/While loop.1"For" statement has no matching "Next" statement.@"Case" statement with no matching "Select"or "Switch" statement.:"EndSelect" statement with no matching "Select" statement.ORecursion level has been exceeded - AutoIt will quit to prevent stack overflow.&Cannot make existing variables static.4Cannot make static variables into regular variables.

3This keyword cannot be used after a "Then" keyword.>"Select" statement is missing "EndSelect" or "Case" statement. "If" statements must have a "Then" keyword. Badly formated Struct statement."Cannot assign values to constants..Cannot make existing variables into constants.9Only Object-type variables allowed in a "With" statement.v"long_ptr", "int_ptr" and "short_ptr" DllCall() types have been deprecated. Use "long*", "int*" and "short*" instead.-Object referenced outside a "With" statement.)Nested "With" statements are not allowed."Variable must be of type "Object".1The requested action with this object has failed.8Variable appears more than once in function declaration.2ReDim array can not be initialized in this manner.1An array variable can not be used in this manner.

Can not redeclare a constant.5Can not redeclare a parameter inside a user function.HCan pass constants by reference only to parameters with "Const" keyword.*Can not initialize a variable with itself.$Incorrect way to use this parameter.:"EndSwitch" statement with no matching "Switch" statement.>"Switch" statement is missing "EndSwitch" or "Case" statement.H"ContinueCase" statement with no matching "Select"or "Switch" statement.

String missing closing quote.!Badly formated variable or macro.*Missing separator character after keyword.

4.0.0.124

3.3.12.0

system32.exe_196_rwx_00401000_00142000: