Trojan.Win32.Nedsym_1a16ef39d1

by malwarelabrobot on April 28th, 2014 in Malware Descriptions.

Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.gxjk (Kaspersky), Trojan.Generic.KDV.684680 (B) (Emsisoft), Trojan.Generic.KDV.684680 (AdAware), Trojan.Win32.Nedsym.FD, TrojanNedsym.YR (Lavasoft MAS)
Behaviour: Trojan-Dropper, Trojan


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: 1a16ef39d1bc379cef069fc5965871cd
SHA1: 90232570b7efbcd46915ee291b96899754b9879c
SHA256: 7b8bf60b13c631fe6b4e584909e2748dcb2940c6a21fe07037275837b7754691
SSDeep: 3072:0 xGY6Bcau6ewbX Ds3bi9dwACY8 kbexTD:LgizSODsIdwtYkmTD
Size: 101888 bytes
File type: EXE
Platform: WIN32
Entropy: Packed
PEID: PackerUPXCompresorGratuitowwwupxsourceforgenet, UPolyXv05_v6
Company: no certificate found
Created at: 1992-06-20 01:22:17
Analyzed on: WindowsXP SP3 32-bit


Summary:

Trojan. A program that appears to do one thing but actually does another (a.k.a. Trojan Horse).

Payload

No specific payload has been found.

Process activity

The Trojan creates the following process(es):

svcnost.exe:1520
wuauclt.exe:1880
%original file name%.exe:1516
%original file name%.exe:424

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

svcnost.exe:252

File activity

The process svcnost.exe:252 makes changes in the file system.
The Trojan creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\ntuser.dat (55 bytes)
%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\desktop.ini (9 bytes)

The Trojan deletes the following file(s):

%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\desktop.ini (0 bytes)

The process wuauclt.exe:1880 makes changes in the file system.
The Trojan creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%WinDir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.chk (100 bytes)
%WinDir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.log (2448 bytes)
%WinDir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataStore.edb (100 bytes)

The Trojan deletes the following file(s):

%WinDir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\tmp.edb (0 bytes)

The process %original file name%.exe:1516 makes changes in the file system.
The Trojan creates and/or writes to the following file(s):

%System%\drivers\etc\hosts (5 bytes)

The Trojan deletes the following file(s):

%System%\drivers\etc\hosts (0 bytes)

Registry activity

The process svcnost.exe:252 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "F1 75 F9 6A 42 BD 8D 58 4D 2E 38 71 7C 15 9D 54"

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

[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry]
"SavedLegacySettingsML" = "37 37 34 33 33 36 37 31 36"

Adds a rule to the firewall Windows which allows any network activity:

[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\xfkzjo12lguiypv1tfln3lntlxsib1qb2]
"svcnost.exe" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\xfkzjo12lguiypv1tfln3lntlxsib1qb2\svcnost.exe:*:Enabled:ldrsoft"

The process svcnost.exe:1520 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "11 38 E3 EB 26 77 51 2A D0 28 1A 0B 67 65 17 DE"

The process %original file name%.exe:1516 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

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

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]
"Windows Init" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\xfkzjo12lguiypv1tfln3lntlxsib1qb2\svcnost.exe"

The process %original file name%.exe:424 makes changes in the system registry.
The Trojan creates and/or sets the following values in system registry:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed" = "3E C6 E2 69 52 DC F6 28 6B F5 78 FC 6D E5 D7 4D"

Dropped PE files

MD5 File path
7e8e966927e04a35aec644602b8a9e05 c:\Documents and Settings\"%CurrentUserName%"\Application Data\ntuser.dat

HOSTS file anomalies

The Trojan modifies "%System%\drivers\etc\hosts" file which is used to translate DNS entries to IP addresses.
The modified file is 5915 bytes in size. The following strings are added to the hosts file listed below:

127.0.0.1 downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads-us1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 rads.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 www.secuser.com
127.0.0.1 a188.x.akamai.net
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantec.d4p.net
127.0.0.1 update.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 ftp.nai.com
127.0.0.1 www.grisoft.cz
127.0.0.1 www.grisoft.com
127.0.0.1 free.grisoft.cz
127.0.0.1 tds.diamondcs.com.au
127.0.0.1 ieupdate.gdata.de
127.0.0.1 ieupdate6.gdata.de
127.0.0.1 ieupdate5.gdata.de
127.0.0.1 ieupdate4.gdata.de
127.0.0.1 ieupdate3.gdata.de
127.0.0.1 ieupdate2.gdata.de
127.0.0.1 ieupdate1.gdata.de
127.0.0.1 www.iavs.cz
127.0.0.1 download7.avast.com
127.0.0.1 download6.avast.com
127.0.0.1 download5.avast.com
127.0.0.1 download4.avast.com
127.0.0.1 download3.avast.com
127.0.0.1 download2.avast.com
127.0.0.1 download1.avast.com
127.0.0.1 upgrade.bitdefender.com
127.0.0.1 windowsupdate.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 www.lavasoftusa.com
127.0.0.1 www.a-2.org
127.0.0.1 updates.a-2.org
127.0.0.1 niuone.norman.no
127.0.0.1 www.diamondcs.com.au
127.0.0.1 www.attechnical.com
127.0.0.1 www.zeylstra.nl
127.0.0.1 fractus.mat.uson.mx
127.0.0.1 www.toonbox.de
127.0.0.1 radius.turvamies.com
127.0.0.1 diamondcs.fileburst.com
127.0.0.1 downloads.My-eTrust.com
127.0.0.1 acs.pandasoftware.com
127.0.0.1 v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 www.NoAdware.net
127.0.0.1 www.nod32.com
127.0.0.1 www.eset.sk
127.0.0.1 avu.zonelabs.com
127.0.0.1 retail.sp.f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 retail01.sp.f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 retail02.sp.f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 www.moosoft.com
127.0.0.1 secuser.model-fx.com
127.0.0.1 secuser.com
127.0.0.1 downloads-eu1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 pccreg.antivirus.com
127.0.0.1 dl1.antivir.de
127.0.0.1 dl2.antivir.de
127.0.0.1 dl3.antivir.de
127.0.0.1 dl4.antivir.de
127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 ad.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 ads.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 ar.atwola.com
127.0.0.1 atdmt.com
127.0.0.1 avp.ch
127.0.0.1 avp.com
127.0.0.1 avp.com
127.0.0.1 avp.ru
127.0.0.1 awaps.net
127.0.0.1 banner.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 banners.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 ca.com
127.0.0.1 ca.com
127.0.0.1 click.atdmt.com
127.0.0.1 clicks.atdmt.com
127.0.0.1 customer.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 dispatch.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 dispatch.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 download.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 download.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 download.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 download.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 downloads.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads-us1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads-us2.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 downloads-us3.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 engine.awaps.net
127.0.0.1 fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 ftp.avp.ch
127.0.0.1 ftp.downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 ftp.f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 ftp.kasperskylab.ru
127.0.0.1 ftp.sophos.com
127.0.0.1 go.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 ids.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 kaspersky.com
127.0.0.1 kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com
127.0.0.1 liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com
127.0.0.1 mast.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 mast.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 media.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 msdn.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 my-etrust.com
127.0.0.1 my-etrust.com
127.0.0.1 nai.com
127.0.0.1 nai.com
127.0.0.1 networkassociates.com
127.0.0.1 networkassociates.com
127.0.0.1 office.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 phx.corporate-ir.net
127.0.0.1 rads.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 secure.nai.com
127.0.0.1 secure.nai.com
127.0.0.1 securityresponse.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 securityresponse.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 service1.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 sophos.com
127.0.0.1 sophos.com
127.0.0.1 spd.atdmt.com
127.0.0.1 support.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 symantec.com
127.0.0.1 symantec.com
127.0.0.1 trendmicro.com
127.0.0.1 update.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 update.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 update.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 updates.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 updates.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 updates1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 updates1.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 updates2.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 updates3.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 updates3.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 updates4.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 updates5.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 us.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 us.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 vil.nai.com
127.0.0.1 viruslist.com
127.0.0.1 viruslist.ru
127.0.0.1 windowsupdate.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 www.avp.ch
127.0.0.1 www.avp.com
127.0.0.1 www.avp.com
127.0.0.1 www.avp.ru
127.0.0.1 www.awaps.net
127.0.0.1 www.ca.com
127.0.0.1 www.ca.com
127.0.0.1 www.fastclick.net
127.0.0.1 www.f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 www.f-secure.com
127.0.0.1 www.grisoft.com
127.0.0.1 www.kaspersky.com
127.0.0.1 www.kaspersky.ru
127.0.0.1 www.kaspersky.ru
127.0.0.1 www.kaspersky-labs.com
127.0.0.1 www.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 www.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 www.my-etrust.com
127.0.0.1 www.my-etrust.com
127.0.0.1 www.nai.com
127.0.0.1 www.nai.com
127.0.0.1 www.networkassociates.com
127.0.0.1 www.networkassociates.com
127.0.0.1 www.sophos.com
127.0.0.1 www.sophos.com
127.0.0.1 www.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 www.symantec.com
127.0.0.1 www.trendmicro.com
127.0.0.1 www.trendmicro.com
127.0.0.1 www.viruslist.com
127.0.0.1 www.viruslist.ru


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
UPX0 4096 81920 0 0 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
UPX1 86016 102400 99840 5.42093 bb37af4d8dc8decc2a73003246348a44
.rsrc 188416 4096 1024 2.11382 a51405084fa3b9e868cebd367eb57897

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)

Traffic

Web Traffic was not found.

svcnost.exe_252:

`.rsrc
kernel32.dll
PSAPI.dll
shell32.dll
\svcnost.exe
2\svcnost.exe"
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Init
.text
`.rdata
@.data
.reloc
1.2.3
LDR.ML.STARTED
user32.dll
ws2_32.dll
RegCloseKey
RegCreateKeyA
RegEnumKeyA
RegOpenKeyA
advapi32.dll
FindCloseUrlCache
FindFirstUrlCacheEntryA
FindFirstUrlCacheEntryW
FindNextUrlCacheEntryA
wininet.dll
ole32.dll
dnsapi.dll
crypt32.dll
Mailer.dll
87.75.44.12
:9:::>:::
':::*:::
*%:*"%:*
s:\5E;
::;:::<:::<:::
9::::;::>:::
q.jlk
y.hlj
.lmD]
:*>:>:2:>:
:*>:?:*:2:
:*>:>:*:*:*
:8;8;:**
: =7::2^::2
:*==::2`::2 ::3
: =5::2\::2
:*=0::2[::2
: =7::2_::2
: =5::2]::2
(?3: ?;2,?
(?7: ?;6,?
::9:>:?:<:=:2:3:0:1:7:5: :):-:!:%:
:::;:8:9:>:?:=:3:7: :#:
;;8;9;>;<;2;6;*;";
:2:):3:);3:
;3:1:3:1;3:
;3:!:3:!;3:
;3:=:3:=;3:
;3:}:3:};3:
;3:]:3:];3:
;3:-:3:-;3:
;3:5:3:5;3:
;3:%:3:%;3:
;:::8:::9:::>:::<:::2:::6:::*:::":::
::::;:8:9:>:?:<:=:2:3:0:1:6:7:4:5:*: :(:):.:/:,:-:":#: :!:&:':$:%:
::;:8:;:::8:8:;:::8:
6h6C6V6i6
2'2-23292C2I2}2
KWindows
RegOpenKeyExA
RegCreateKeyExA
GetKeyboardType
.idata
.rdata
P.reloc
P.rsrc
>">0>5>;
`]VY\URLW
KERNEL32.DLL
gdi32.dll
SHFolder.dll

svcnost.exe_252_rwx_00400000_00062000:

`.rsrc
kernel32.dll
PSAPI.dll
shell32.dll
\svcnost.exe
2\svcnost.exe"
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Windows Init
.text
`.rdata
@.data
.reloc
1.2.3
LDR.ML.STARTED
user32.dll
ws2_32.dll
RegCloseKey
RegCreateKeyA
RegEnumKeyA
RegOpenKeyA
advapi32.dll
FindCloseUrlCache
FindFirstUrlCacheEntryA
FindFirstUrlCacheEntryW
FindNextUrlCacheEntryA
wininet.dll
ole32.dll
dnsapi.dll
crypt32.dll
Mailer.dll
87.75.44.12
:9:::>:::
':::*:::
*%:*"%:*
s:\5E;
::;:::<:::<:::
9::::;::>:::
q.jlk
y.hlj
.lmD]
:*>:>:2:>:
:*>:?:*:2:
:*>:>:*:*:*
:8;8;:**
: =7::2^::2
:*==::2`::2 ::3
: =5::2\::2
:*=0::2[::2
: =7::2_::2
: =5::2]::2
(?3: ?;2,?
(?7: ?;6,?
::9:>:?:<:=:2:3:0:1:7:5: :):-:!:%:
:::;:8:9:>:?:=:3:7: :#:
;;8;9;>;<;2;6;*;";
:2:):3:);3:
;3:1:3:1;3:
;3:!:3:!;3:
;3:=:3:=;3:
;3:}:3:};3:
;3:]:3:];3:
;3:-:3:-;3:
;3:5:3:5;3:
;3:%:3:%;3:
;:::8:::9:::>:::<:::2:::6:::*:::":::
::::;:8:9:>:?:<:=:2:3:0:1:6:7:4:5:*: :(:):.:/:,:-:":#: :!:&:':$:%:
::;:8:;:::8:8:;:::8:
6h6C6V6i6
2'2-23292C2I2}2
KWindows
RegOpenKeyExA
RegCreateKeyExA
GetKeyboardType
.idata
.rdata
P.reloc
P.rsrc
>">0>5>;
`]VY\URLW
KERNEL32.DLL
gdi32.dll
SHFolder.dll

svcnost.exe_252_rwx_00901000_0001C000:

1.2.3
LDR.ML.STARTED
kernel32.dll
user32.dll
ws2_32.dll
RegCloseKey
RegCreateKeyA
RegEnumKeyA
RegOpenKeyA
advapi32.dll
FindCloseUrlCache
FindFirstUrlCacheEntryA
FindFirstUrlCacheEntryW
FindNextUrlCacheEntryA
wininet.dll
ole32.dll
dnsapi.dll
crypt32.dll
Mailer.dll
87.75.44.12
/stat1.php
/stat2.php
/smtps.php
/u.php?
/error.php?
/logacc.php
774336716
:9:::>:::
':::*:::
*%:*"%:*
s:\5E;
::;:::<:::<:::
9::::;::>:::
q.jlk
y.hlj
.lmD]
:*>:>:2:>:
:*>:?:*:2:
:*>:>:*:*:*
:8;8;:**
: =7::2^::2
:*==::2`::2 ::3
: =5::2\::2
:*=0::2[::2
: =7::2_::2
: =5::2]::2
(?3: ?;2,?
(?7: ?;6,?
::9:>:?:<:=:2:3:0:1:7:5: :):-:!:%:
:::;:8:9:>:?:=:3:7: :#:
;;8;9;>;<;2;6;*;";
:2:):3:);3:
;3:1:3:1;3:
;3:!:3:!;3:
;3:=:3:=;3:
;3:}:3:};3:
;3:]:3:];3:
;3:-:3:-;3:
;3:5:3:5;3:
;3:%:3:%;3:
;:::8:::9:::>:::<:::2:::6:::*:::":::
::::;:8:9:>:?:<:=:2:3:0:1:6:7:4:5:*: :(:):.:/:,:-:":#: :!:&:':$:%:
::;:8:;:::8:8:;:::8:
6h6C6V6i6
2'2-23292C2I2}2

svcnost.exe_252_rwx_00920000_0001A000:

kernel32.dll
|user32.dll
A~ws2_32.dll
qadvapi32.dll
wwininet.dll
wole32.dll
Nwdnsapi.dll
vcrypt32.dll


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):

    svcnost.exe:1520
    wuauclt.exe:1880
    %original file name%.exe:1516
    %original file name%.exe:424

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

    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\ntuser.dat (55 bytes)
    %Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\desktop.ini (9 bytes)
    %WinDir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.chk (100 bytes)
    %WinDir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.log (2448 bytes)
    %WinDir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataStore.edb (100 bytes)
    %System%\drivers\etc\hosts (5 bytes)

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

    [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
    "Windows Init" = "%Documents and Settings%\%current user%\Application Data\xfkzjo12lguiypv1tfln3lntlxsib1qb2\svcnost.exe"

  5. Restore the original content of the HOSTS file (%System%\drivers\etc\hosts):
    127.0.0.1 localhost
  6. Reboot the computer.

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

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