Worm.Win32.Dorkbot_3007155936

Dynamic Analysis

Payload

Behaviour	Description
WormAutorun	A worm can spread via removable drives. It writes its executable and creates "autorun.inf" scripts on all removable drives. The autorun script will execute the Worm's file once a user opens a drive's folder in Windows Explorer.
IRCBot	A bot can communicate with command and control servers via IRC channel.
MSNWorm	A worm can spread its copies through the MSN Messanger.
DNSBlocker	A program can block designated DNS servers for making it difficult for users to locate specific domains or web sites on the Internet.
UDPFlooder	This program can make a UDP flood. A UDP flood attack is a denial-of-service attack using the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). It can be initiated by sending a large number of UDP packets to random ports on a remote host.
SYNFlooder	This program can make a SYN flood. It is a form of denial-of-service attack in which an attacker sends a succession of SYN requests to a target's system in an attempt to consume enough server resources to make the system unresponsive to legitimate traffic.
Trojan-Proxy	This program can launch a proxy server (SOCKS4) on a designated TCP port.
USBInfector	A program can register a device notification with the help of RegisterDeviceNotification. So it is notified when a USB device is plugged and then the worm copies itself to the USB device plugged into the affected computer.

Process activity

The Worm creates the following process(es):

%original file name%.exe:540
%original file name%.exe:596
8.exe:384
msn.exe:1456
msn.exe:564

The Worm injects its code into the following process(es):No processes have been created.

File activity

The process %original file name%.exe:596 makes changes in the file system.

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

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Z28B29.RX2 (601 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\aut1.tmp (1345 bytes)

The Worm deletes the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Z28B29.RX2 (0 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\aut1.tmp (0 bytes)

The process 8.exe:384 makes changes in the file system.

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

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\K29F\msn.exe (9665 bytes)

The Worm deletes the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\K29F\__tmp_rar_sfx_access_check_1260656 (0 bytes)

The process msn.exe:1456 makes changes in the file system.

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

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\aut9.tmp (1137 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Q22E38.FQ4 (601 bytes)

The Worm deletes the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\aut9.tmp (0 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Q22E38.FQ4 (0 bytes)

The process msn.exe:564 makes changes in the file system.

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

%WinDir%\csrss.exe (5441 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)

Registry activity

The process %original file name%.exe:540 makes changes in the system registry.

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "70 42 A0 34 1E ED F5 CE F1 B5 00 6C 13 31 C7 23"

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

The process %original file name%.exe:596 makes changes in the system registry.

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "78 EC D7 CF 6D C0 F1 6F E5 37 C9 3B 26 A9 E8 00"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd73-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd72-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{b98117e8-75ca-11e2-81b2-000c293708fb}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd75-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

The process 8.exe:384 makes changes in the system registry.

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "90 50 84 23 14 11 19 A5 87 DA 57 D2 36 AD A1 EB"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd73-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

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

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache\%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\K29F]
"msn.exe" = "msn"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd72-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{b98117e8-75ca-11e2-81b2-000c293708fb}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

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

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd75-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

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

The Worm 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 Worm 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:

"UNCAsIntranet" = "1"

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

"ProxyBypass" = "1"

The process msn.exe:1456 makes changes in the system registry.

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "8A 08 B9 50 45 F3 DB 71 A1 74 37 B6 D1 6F 8F 74"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd73-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd72-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{b98117e8-75ca-11e2-81b2-000c293708fb}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{c155cd75-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

The process msn.exe:564 makes changes in the system registry.

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "8B E1 4C B4 70 81 C6 56 B3 59 21 07 44 61 8B CC"

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

[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\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"

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

[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]
"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"

[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"

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

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

To automatically run itself each time Windows is booted, the Worm adds the following link to its file to the system registry autorun key:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"Remote Registry Service" = "csrss.exe"

Network activity (URLs)

URL	IP
hxxp://www.v.dropbox.com/s/b5ne62m4z1f3n0e/ms.exe?dl=1 (Malicious)
hxxp://a26.d.akamai.net/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootseq.txt
hxxp://a26.d.akamai.net/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
hxxp://www.whatismyip.com/ (ET POLICY Internal Host Retrieving External IP via whatismyip.com - Possible Infection )	141.101.120.14
hxxp://checkip.dyndns.com/ (ET POLICY DynDNS CheckIp External IP Address Server Response )
checkip.dyndns.org	216.146.43.70
www.download.windowsupdate.com	23.0.160.201
www.dropbox.com	108.160.165.147
dl.dropboxusercontent.com	23.21.47.41
vids.p0rn-lover.us	82.145.57.209

HOSTS file anomalies

No changes have been detected.

Rootkit activity

The Worm installs the following user-mode hooks in WININET.dll:

HttpSendRequestW
InternetWriteFile
HttpSendRequestA

The Worm installs the following user-mode hooks in dnsapi.dll:

DnsQuery_A
DnsQuery_W

The Worm installs the following user-mode hooks in WS2_32.dll:

send
GetAddrInfoW

The Worm installs the following user-mode hooks in kernel32.dll:

MoveFileA
CopyFileW
CopyFileA
MoveFileW
CreateFileW
CreateFileA

The Worm installs the following user-mode hooks in ntdll.dll:

LdrLoadDll
NtResumeThread
NtQueryDirectoryFile
NtEnumerateValueKey

Propagation

A worm can spread via removable drives. It writes its executable and creates "autorun.inf" scripts on all removable drives. The autorun script will execute the Worm's file once a user opens a drive's folder in Windows Explorer.A program can register a device notification with the help of RegisterDeviceNotification. So it is notified when a USB device is plugged and then the worm copies itself to the USB device plugged into the affected computer.A worm can spread its copies through the MSN Messanger.

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. Scan a system with an anti-rootkit tool.
   
2. Terminate malicious process(es) (How to End a Process With the Task Manager):

   %original file name%.exe:540
   %original file name%.exe:596
   8.exe:384
   msn.exe:1456
   msn.exe:564

3. Delete the original Worm file.
   
4. Delete or disinfect the following files created/modified by the Worm:

   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Z28B29.RX2 (601 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\aut1.tmp (1345 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\K29F\msn.exe (9665 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\aut9.tmp (1137 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Q22E38.FQ4 (601 bytes)
   %WinDir%\csrss.exe (5441 bytes)
   %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)

5. Delete the following value(s) in the autorun key (How to Work with System Registry):

   [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
   "Remote Registry Service" = "csrss.exe"

6. Clean the Temporary Internet Files folder, which may contain infected files (How to clean Temporary Internet Files folder).
   
7. Find and delete all copies of the worm's file together with "autorun.inf" scripts on removable drives.
   
8. Reboot the computer.
   

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

Static Analysis

Network Activity

Map

Strings from Dumps