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Backdoor.Win32.Cycbot_f0f6f0baef


HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic (Kaspersky), Trojan.Win32.Encpk.aco (v) (VIPRE), Backdoor.Win32.Cycbot!IK (Emsisoft), Backdoor.Win32.Cycbot.FD, Trojan.Win32.Alureon.FD, Trojan.Win32.Swrort.3.FD, BackdoorCycbot.YR (Lavasoft MAS)Behaviour: Trojan, Backdoor

The description has been automatically generated by Lavasoft Malware Analysis System and it may contain incomplete or inaccurate information.

Summary

MD5: f0f6f0baef21103e270f147951bdc143

SHA1: db37488d541036683d624576a9654f2a601e1e8a

SHA256: 6fc9f0762a6bec38993a5ddad2dc77fca05eaeff49e32df382f51c80c93563c0

SSDeep: 6144:sK112KO2eyso/1 16Tu4A4p/aGs8e2M46vqg:scO2eVQ suRsU2M4

Size: 269312 bytes

File type: EXE

Platform: WIN32

Entropy: Packed

PEID: UPolyXv05_v6

Company: Premium Installer

Created at: 2005-11-08 05:47:48

Analyzed on: WindowsXP SP3 32-bit

Summary: Backdoor. Malware that enables a remote control of victim's machine.

Dynamic Analysis

Payload

No specific payload has been found.

Process activity

The Backdoor creates the following process(es):

msiexec.exe:1180
%original file name%.exe:548
%original file name%.exe:1660

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

7.tmp:1320
%original file name%.exe:640

File activity

The process %original file name%.exe:640 makes changes in the file system.


The Backdoor 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)
%System%\config\SOFTWARE.LOG (5222 bytes)
%System%\config\software (2732 bytes)
%Program Files%\LP\59B5\7.tmp (12284 bytes)
%Program Files%\LP\59B5\C29.exe (257586 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\507CF\F2C6.07C (4144 bytes)

Registry activity

The process 7.tmp:1320 makes changes in the system registry.


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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "D3 C1 AB 58 7A 8F 12 F1 49 C4 19 72 5C 63 4B DE"

[HKCR\TypeLib\{1EA4DBF0-3C3B-11CF-810C-00AA00389B71}\1.1\0\win32]
"(Default)" = "%System%\oleacc.dll"

[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"

[HKCU\Software\WinRAR]
"HWID" = "7B 41 46 36 35 41 44 30 32 2D 42 37 33 35 2D 34"

The process msiexec.exe:1180 makes changes in the system registry.


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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "9E 37 78 E2 E0 BB 87 6A CF 6F 51 DA B2 BC 2A 96"

The process %original file name%.exe:640 makes changes in the system registry.


The Backdoor 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 17 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 14 00 00 00"

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

"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\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"

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

[HKCR\TypeLib\{1EA4DBF0-3C3B-11CF-810C-00AA00389B71}\1.1\0\win32]
"(Default)" = "%System%\oleacc.dll"

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable" = "1"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyServer" = "http=127.0.0.1:52727"

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "E8 00 A0 D8 65 58 97 FD 5C 3B B6 4A 02 8E 26 F8"

[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"

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]
"DefaultConnectionSettings" = "3C 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 14 00 00 00"

[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"

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"C29.exe" = "%Program Files%\LP\59B5\C29.exe"

Automatic startup of the following service is disabled:

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\wscsvc]
"Start" = "3"

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

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

The process %original file name%.exe:548 makes changes in the system registry.


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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "3E 40 79 E0 3F ED 9C 87 AB 1E 1E AD 42 67 CD C4"

[HKCR\TypeLib\{1EA4DBF0-3C3B-11CF-810C-00AA00389B71}\1.1\0\win32]
"(Default)" = "%System%\oleacc.dll"

The process %original file name%.exe:1660 makes changes in the system registry.


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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "63 AC 4B A4 E8 C9 AB 84 45 9D 38 96 57 07 85 32"

[HKCR\TypeLib\{1EA4DBF0-3C3B-11CF-810C-00AA00389B71}\1.1\0\win32]
"(Default)" = "%System%\oleacc.dll"

Network activity (URLs)

URL IP
hxxp://e6845.ce.akamaiedge.net/pca3-g2.crl
hxxp://e6845.ce.akamaiedge.net/CSC3-2009.crl
hxxp://e6845.ce.akamaiedge.net/pca3.crl
hxxp://e6845.ce.akamaiedge.net/CSC3-2009-2.crl
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://istockanalyst.com/png/intel.jpg?sv=307&tq=gwY92w4AwEKm61S9oPUGf6pHYUE685kqyCOg0L7/p6Otv9Jz2S/nVNNIXWFpWxrSMCkjlQr6ZJGX4G4+HR5dKkjvi0ugZuey8B7fpcCAo5at+aJmASoxmIUFg4nnt6nTpH9dm5oY/Sy3pAjyLf2sQAJS6pYG5ds98dQlHuFMGd29hBusQAJTxUpeXPqFldX3cKe/yDBikhPGNjTa27LxwNbwgzDrbEPLzWNzQBEjCmjcVw4EmaiN2yJS9cMBAZ7/mKHIIv2WH1cFiwG0Il4uqLaKVSuP/lFcfszHCWAFcVgKcqlx54.201.212.23
www.download.windowsupdate.com65.172.31.43
csc3-2009-2-crl.verisign.com23.60.133.163
crl.verisign.com23.60.133.163
csc3-2009-crl.verisign.com23.60.133.163
9gyrn9j.extremeshools.comUnresolvable


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:548
    %original file name%.exe:1660

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

    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
    %System%\config\SOFTWARE.LOG (5222 bytes)
    %System%\config\software (2732 bytes)
    %Program Files%\LP\59B5\7.tmp (12284 bytes)
    %Program Files%\LP\59B5\C29.exe (257586 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\507CF\F2C6.07C (4144 bytes)

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

    [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
    "C29.exe" = "%Program Files%\LP\59B5\C29.exe"

  5. Clean the Temporary Internet Files folder, which may contain infected files (How to clean Temporary Internet Files folder).
  6. 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