MemScan.Backdoor.Agent.ZQA_d7e154972b

by malwarelabrobot on April 10th, 2014 in Malware Descriptions.

Susp_Dropper (Kaspersky), MemScan:Backdoor.Agent.ZQA (B) (Emsisoft), MemScan:Backdoor.Agent.ZQA (AdAware), GenericEmailWorm.YR, GenericIRCBot.YR (Lavasoft MAS)
Behaviour: Backdoor, Worm, EmailWorm, IRCBot


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: d7e154972b5da73013da6a16ba6adada
SHA1: 2e270d762b6ddec1fbb07cf683b63f6deb412f1c
SHA256: 00357d00e7e5418496a35d573665b0b2257e91d0371358a876fb65d7a9a37bb9
SSDeep: 1536:m3rJJyVemDdYBK7xmrhhXzNozBTCXv3GgX:CWDdYBKWNBowN
Size: 60928 bytes
File type: EXE
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Not Packed
PEID: UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: no data
Analyzed on: WindowsXP SP3 32-bit


Summary:

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

Payload

Behaviour Description
EmailWorm Worm can send e-mails.
IRCBot A bot can communicate with command and control servers via IRC channel.


Process activity

The MemScan creates the following process(es):

%original file name%.exe:1856
dwwin.exe:456

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

biiqrzr.cmd:560

File activity

The process biiqrzr.cmd:560 makes changes in the file system.
The MemScan creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%System%\WindowsUpdt.exe (19 bytes)

The process %original file name%.exe:1856 makes changes in the file system.
The MemScan creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%WinDir%\xwrm.exe (60 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\iirqar.arqj.jay (60 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\728a_appcompat.txt (6214 bytes)

The process dwwin.exe:456 makes changes in the file system.
The MemScan 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\EBEDUZMH\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\3PFLAY7K\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\M3UX696B\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\77D5B.dmp (78539 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\I94FGPK1\desktop.ini (67 bytes)

Registry activity

The process biiqrzr.cmd:560 makes changes in the system registry.
The MemScan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "E2 27 4F 3C DE 95 88 A6 5B 60 3A 52 92 36 A5 5E"

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"WihdowsUpdate" = "%System%\WindowsUpdt.exe"

The process %original file name%.exe:1856 makes changes in the system registry.
The MemScan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "15 EB C6 D1 5B 82 C0 19 14 B8 4A B7 ED FE 3C E0"

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"x32x" = "%WinDir%\xwrm.exe"

The MemScan deletes the following registry key(s):

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW]

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

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting\DW]
"DWFileTreeRoot"

The process dwwin.exe:456 makes changes in the system registry.
The MemScan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "CC 63 84 9F E3 E6 5D F2 81 8A 7A 18 AD 10 E7 9F"

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

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

[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"

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

[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\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Common AppData" = "%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data"

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

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

Proxy settings are disabled:

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

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

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

Dropped PE files

MD5 File path
f148630fc9161563166ed11bc5834096 c:\Documents and Settings\"%CurrentUserName%"\Local Settings\Temp\iirqar.arqj.jay
aae37ad72f817dea8845ff32d16a8ba0 c:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsUpdt.exe
f148630fc9161563166ed11bc5834096 c:\WINDOWS\xwrm.exe

HOSTS file anomalies

No changes have been detected.

Rootkit activity

No anomalies have been detected.

Propagation

VersionInfo

No information is available.

PE Sections

Name Virtual Address Virtual Size Raw Size Entropy Section MD5
aqbbaiyy 4096 4096 1536 0.538676 82327e841e33f812885ad83c62919fdb
rjbijirb 8192 57344 55296 4.84627 901ef36c1ce9d9ace382deb0aa8a9b59
ayqajyyj 65536 4096 512 0.468013 dd766bd3556eda6b66f2d7b6ec1b0e21
aryjqqay 69632 4096 2048 4.10575 677f0a894d5ff2f6c088f025736ee3d8

Dropped from:

Downloaded by:

Similar by SSDeep:

Similar by Lavasoft Polymorphic Checker:

URLs

No activity has been detected.

IDS verdicts (Suricata alerts: Emerging Threats ET ruleset)

ET CNC Shadowserver Reported CnC Server IP group 14
ET CHAT IRC NICK command
ET CHAT IRC PING command
ET CHAT IRC PONG response
ET CHAT IRC USER command

Traffic

Web Traffic was not found.

%original file name%.exe_1856:

\xwrm.exe
%WinDir%\xwrm.exe
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
USER %s 8 * :%s
NICK %s
PONG %s
JOIN #england
PRIVMSG #england :.-:[X-Worm]:-.
irc.undernet.org
MAIL FROM:<%s>
RCPT TO:<%s>
--%s--
From:<%s>
To: %s
Subject:%s
boundary="%s"
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106
charset="windows-1255"
name= "%s%s"
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="%s%s"
Support
No.reply
8.txtt:
8.htmt2
8.rtft*
8.doct"
8.bdxt
8.phpt
8.jspt
8.cgit
smtp
ws2_32.dll
ADVAPI32.DLL
RegOpenKeyExA
RegCloseKey
User32.dll
fs_snap.exe
arnsec.exe
ISABL~1.EXE
8.exe
8.scrtt
8.avitJ
8.doctB
8.mp3t:
8.mpgt2
8.xlst*
8.jpgt"
8.zipt
8.isot
8.pdft
8.pptt
8.rart
D:\fs_snap.exe
SFC.DLL
Pajzaiy.yrar
D:\ajzaiy.yrar
ReadMe.exe
c:\%original file name%.exe
131c346.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\"%CurrentUserName%"\LOCALS~1\Temp\iirqar.arqj.jay
WinExec
GetWindowsDirectoryA
FPTBAWDRF-INOCPANDANTIAMONN32SNOD3NPSSSMSSSCANZONEPROTMONIRWEBMIRCCKDOTROJSAFEJEDITRAYANDASPIDPLORNDLLTRENNSPLNSCHSYSTALERj
biiqrzr.cmd
.text
.rsrc
gu>%uM
~nt.ex
CrToMaPh
hPRIVMSG %s :
kernel32.dll
.%suld nb
KERNEL32.dll
2'3.3`3}3
0M1e1w1}1-2x2

biiqrzr.cmd_560:

.text
.rsrc
\WindowsUpdt.exe
irc.undernet.org
__MSVCRT_HEAP_SELECT
user32.dll
WinExec
KERNEL32.dll
USER32.dll
RegCloseKey
RegOpenKeyExA
ADVAPI32.dll
WS2_32.dll
InternetOpenUrlA
WININET.dll
GetCPInfo
url1.dat
PRIVMSG %s :Operations Stoped
PRIVMSG %s :Wasting %s
PRIVMSG %s :Udp Floding %s
-!udp_flood
PRIVMSG %s :%s Downloaded&executed
1.exe
-!download_exe
PRIVMSG %s :Login Success
-!login
PRIVMSG
%*s %s %*s %s %s %s
MODE %s  nsk %s
JOIN %s %s
PONG %s
NICK %s
USER %s 8 * :%s
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
2614211705
D:\biiqrzr.cmd
kernel32.dll
.%suld nb

biiqrzr.cmd_560_rwx_00401000_0000F000:

\WindowsUpdt.exe
irc.undernet.org
__MSVCRT_HEAP_SELECT
user32.dll
WinExec
KERNEL32.dll
USER32.dll
RegCloseKey
RegOpenKeyExA
ADVAPI32.dll
WS2_32.dll
InternetOpenUrlA
WININET.dll
GetCPInfo
url1.dat
PRIVMSG %s :Operations Stoped
PRIVMSG %s :Wasting %s
PRIVMSG %s :Udp Floding %s
-!udp_flood
PRIVMSG %s :%s Downloaded&executed
1.exe
-!download_exe
PRIVMSG %s :Login Success
-!login
PRIVMSG
%*s %s %*s %s %s %s
MODE %s  nsk %s
JOIN %s %s
PONG %s
NICK %s
USER %s 8 * :%s
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
2614211705
D:\biiqrzr.cmd
kernel32.dll
.%suld nb


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:1856
    dwwin.exe:456

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

    %System%\WindowsUpdt.exe (19 bytes)
    %WinDir%\xwrm.exe (60 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\iirqar.arqj.jay (60 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\728a_appcompat.txt (6214 bytes)
    %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\EBEDUZMH\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\3PFLAY7K\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\M3UX696B\desktop.ini (67 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temp\77D5B.dmp (78539 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\I94FGPK1\desktop.ini (67 bytes)

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

    [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
    "WihdowsUpdate" = "%System%\WindowsUpdt.exe"

    [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
    "x32x" = "%WinDir%\xwrm.exe"

  5. Reboot the computer.

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

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