Backdoor.Win32.Farfli_f37a323e68

by malwarelabrobot on May 3rd, 2014 in Malware Descriptions.

HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic (Kaspersky), Gen:Variant.Kazy.63886 (B) (Emsisoft), Gen:Variant.Kazy.63886 (AdAware), Backdoor.Win32.Farfli.FD, Backdoor.Win32.Xtrat.FD, Trojan.Win32.IEDummy.FD, GenericAutorunWorm.YR, GenericInjector.YR (Lavasoft MAS)
Behaviour: Trojan, Backdoor, Worm, WormAutorun


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

Summary
Dynamic Analysis
Static Analysis
Network Activity
Map
Strings from Dumps
Removals

MD5: f37a323e68ae62575cdf2e9255ce45b6
SHA1: 68850add5f53716fd7b75aefd99429248fe94173
SHA256: 330eea4c6ec15469652320fa3a3285253adbbe064641e6f73e5ccf26c46bacdc
SSDeep: 6144:TYf4aX04HyLw5cfGiF/iUkHVgxb6dq8/BxjH0:sf4a3SLw5cOiRiUkHVg96k6xj
Size: 214016 bytes
File type: EXE
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Not Packed
PEID: MicrosoftVisualC, NETexecutable, UPolyXv05_v6
Company: pinstaller
Created at: 2014-04-24 00:38:45
Analyzed on: WindowsXP SP3 32-bit


Summary:

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

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 Backdoor's file once a user opens a drive's folder in Windows Explorer.


Process activity

The Backdoor creates the following process(es):

vbc.exe:1216
%original file name%.exe:1764

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

iexplore.exe:1436
svchost.exe:1860

File activity

The process vbc.exe:1216 makes changes in the file system.
The Backdoor deletes the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\x.html (0 bytes)

The process iexplore.exe:1436 makes changes in the file system.
The Backdoor creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%WinDir%\windows\aston.exe (7547 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\--((Mutex))--.dat (314 bytes)

Registry activity

The process vbc.exe:1216 makes changes in the system registry.
The Backdoor creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "BC 32 59 FA B1 56 02 89 0F 21 CC D2 F0 1E 5D 57"

[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\Shell Folders]
"AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data"

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

[HKCU\Software\XtremeRAT]
"Mutex" = "--((Mutex))--"

The process %original file name%.exe:1764 makes changes in the system registry.
The Backdoor creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "C0 0C 13 AF 95 ED B1 9D 55 BE 16 71 CF CA C2 D0"

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

The process iexplore.exe:1436 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 16 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"

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{P71PWCT0-BC4C-5NF6-RI6M-YVCK21X18G66}]
"StubPath" = "%WinDir%\windows\aston.exe restart"

[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\DirectDraw\MostRecentApplication]
"ID" = "1208111653"

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

[HKCU\Software\--((Mutex))--]
"ServerStarted" = "02/05/2014 14:20:38"

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

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

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectDraw\MostRecentApplication]
"Name" = "iexplore.exe"

[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" = "83 00 13 AF 3B EB 73 3B 11 53 78 B1 3C E5 94 E3"

[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\MountPoints2\{c155cd72-744b-11e2-8294-806d6172696f}]
"BaseClass" = "Drive"

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

[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]
"History" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\History"

[HKCU\Software\--((Mutex))--]
"ServerName" = "%WinDir%\windows\aston.exe"

The Backdoor 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 Backdoor adds the following link to its file to the system registry autorun key:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"HKLM" = "%WinDir%\windows\aston.exe"

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

"ProxyBypass" = "1"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"HKCU" = "%WinDir%\windows\aston.exe"

Proxy settings are disabled:

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

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

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

Dropped PE files

MD5 File path
67f5238229333c061092f5a32e8c2ee1 c:\WINDOWS\windows\aston.exe

HOSTS file anomalies

No changes have been detected.

Rootkit activity

No anomalies have been detected.

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 Backdoor's file once a user opens a drive's folder in Windows Explorer.

VersionInfo

Company Name: Chrome
Product Name: Chrome
Product Version: 1.4.4.4
Legal Copyright: Chrome
Legal Trademarks: Chrome
Original Filename: Vinder.exe
Internal Name: Vinder.exe
File Version: 1.4.4.4
File Description: Chrome
Comments: Chrome
Language: English (United States)

PE Sections

Name Virtual Address Virtual Size Raw Size Entropy Section MD5
.text 8192 181204 181248 4.00393 ce25b01ab83e7152357526832f066994
.rsrc 196608 31464 31744 2.33733 991a31c223d6ca6fabfb1cc624ffff3d
.reloc 229376 12 512 0.070639 f8abc9a239f39511d8fa9affa5d5ae5c

Dropped from:

Downloaded by:

Similar by SSDeep:

Similar by Lavasoft Polymorphic Checker:

URLs

URL IP
wll.no-ip.info 41.109.188.90


IDS verdicts (Suricata alerts: Emerging Threats ET ruleset)

Traffic

svchost.exe_1860:

.text
`.data
.rsrc
ADVAPI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
NTDLL.DLL
RPCRT4.dll
NETAPI32.dll
ole32.dll
ntdll.dll
RegCloseKey
RegOpenKeyExW
GetProcessHeap
NtOpenKey
svchost.pdb
\PIPE\
Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Svchost
\Registry\Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurePipeServers\
5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)
svchost.exe
Windows
Operating System
5.1.2600.5512

svchost.exe_1860_rwx_10000000_0004A000:

.idata
.rdata
P.reloc
P.rsrc
ServerKeyloggerU
789:;<&'()* ,-./12345
%SERVER%
URLMON.DLL
shell32.dll
http://
advapi32.dll
kernel32.dll
mpr.dll
version.dll
comctl32.dll
gdi32.dll
opengl32.dll
user32.dll
wintrust.dll
msimg32.dll
GetKeyboardType
RegOpenKeyExA
RegCloseKey
oleaut32.dll
RegOpenKeyExW
RegCreateKeyW
GetWindowsDirectoryW
UnhookWindowsHookEx
SetWindowsHookExW
MapVirtualKeyW
GetKeyboardLayout
GetKeyState
shlwapi.dll
SHDeleteKeyW
FindExecutableW
URLDownloadToCacheFileW
wininet.dll
FtpPutFileW
FtpSetCurrentDirectoryW
GetKeyboardState
ShellExecuteW
ntdll.dll
1 1$1(1,10141
KWindows
TServerKeylogger
x.html
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_USERS
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
[Execute]
KeyDelBackspace
.html
XtremeKeylogger
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
.functions
icon=shell32.dll,4
shellexecute=
autorun.inf
\Microsoft\Windows\
ÞFAULTBROWSER%
svchost.exe
wll.no-ip.info
ftpuser
aston.exe
windows
Portas
{P71PWCT0-BC4C-5NF6-RI6M-YVCK21X18G66}
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Atrans.dll
ftp.ftpserver.com

iexplore.exe_1436:

%?9-*09,*19}*09
.text
`.data
.rsrc
msvcrt.dll
KERNEL32.dll
NTDLL.DLL
USER32.dll
SHLWAPI.dll
SHDOCVW.dll
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BrowseNewProcess
IE-X-X
rsabase.dll
System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows
dw15 -x -s %u
watson.microsoft.com
IEWatsonURL
%s -h %u
iedw.exe
Iexplore.XPExceptionFilter
jscript.DLL
mshtml.dll
mlang.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll
shdocvw.DLL
browseui.DLL
comctl32.DLL
IEXPLORE.EXE
iexplore.pdb
ADVAPI32.dll
MsgWaitForMultipleObjects
IExplorer.EXE
IIIIIB(II<.Fg
7?_____ZZSSH%
)z.UUUUUUUU
,....Qym
````2```
{.QLQIIIKGKGKGKGKGKG
;33;33;0
8888880
8887080
browseui.dll
shdocvw.dll
6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
Windows
Operating System
6.00.2900.5512

iexplore.exe_1436_rwx_10000000_0004A000:

.idata
.rdata
P.reloc
P.rsrc
ServerKeyloggerU
789:;<&'()* ,-./12345
%SERVER%
URLMON.DLL
shell32.dll
http://
advapi32.dll
kernel32.dll
mpr.dll
version.dll
comctl32.dll
gdi32.dll
opengl32.dll
user32.dll
wintrust.dll
msimg32.dll
GetKeyboardType
RegOpenKeyExA
RegCloseKey
oleaut32.dll
RegOpenKeyExW
RegCreateKeyW
GetWindowsDirectoryW
UnhookWindowsHookEx
SetWindowsHookExW
MapVirtualKeyW
GetKeyboardLayout
GetKeyState
shlwapi.dll
SHDeleteKeyW
FindExecutableW
URLDownloadToCacheFileW
wininet.dll
FtpPutFileW
FtpSetCurrentDirectoryW
GetKeyboardState
ShellExecuteW
ntdll.dll
1 1$1(1,10141
KWindows
TServerKeylogger
x.html
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_USERS
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
[Execute]
KeyDelBackspace
.html
XtremeKeylogger
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
.functions
icon=shell32.dll,4
shellexecute=
autorun.inf
\Microsoft\Windows\
ÞFAULTBROWSER%
svchost.exe
wll.no-ip.info
ftpuser
aston.exe
windows
Portas
{P71PWCT0-BC4C-5NF6-RI6M-YVCK21X18G66}
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Atrans.dll
ftp.ftpserver.com
%WinDir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
%Program Files%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe


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):

    vbc.exe:1216
    %original file name%.exe:1764

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

    %WinDir%\windows\aston.exe (7547 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\--((Mutex))--.dat (314 bytes)

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

    [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
    "HKLM" = "%WinDir%\windows\aston.exe"

    [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
    "HKCU" = "%WinDir%\windows\aston.exe"

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

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

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