TSPY_DYRE.SMN2

November 02, 2015
 Analysis by: RonJay Kristoffer Caragay
 ALIASES:

Spyware.Dyre (Malwarebytes);

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Spyware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This spyware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It deletes the initially executed copy of itself.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

Varies

File Type:

EXE

Initial Samples Received Date:

02 Oct 2015

Arrival Details

This spyware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Installation

This spyware drops the following copies of itself into the affected system:

  • %AppDataLocal%\{random filename}.exe (for Windows Vista and above)
  • %Windows%\{random filename}.exe (for Windows XP and below)

(Note: %AppDataLocal% is the Application Data folder found in Local Settings, where it is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Application Data on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.. %Windows% is the Windows folder, where it usually is C:\Windows on all Windows operating system versions.)

Dropping Routine

This spyware drops the following files:

  • %System%\config\systemprofile\Application Data\{random filename} (for Windows XP and below)
  • %AppDataLocal%\{random filename} (for Windows Vista and above)
  • %Windows%\Tasks\{random filename}.job

(Note: %System% is the Windows system folder, where it usually is C:\Windows\System32 on all Windows operating system versions.. %AppDataLocal% is the Application Data folder found in Local Settings, where it is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Application Data on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.. %Windows% is the Windows folder, where it usually is C:\Windows on all Windows operating system versions.)

Other Details

This spyware connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.220.8:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.226.85:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.63.98:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.73.130:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.250.245:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.48.147:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.49.139:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.49.162:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.166.94:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.48.79:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.50.124:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.201.9:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.153.202:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.91.90:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.64.35:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.84.55:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.142.66:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.194.101:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.38.100:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.154.180:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.77.76:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.104.102:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.34.245:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.171.216:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.58.42:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.60.93:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.135.106:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.179.197:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.101.2:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.204.37:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.165.182:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.237.115:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.143.60:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.146.107:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.146.67:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.147.103:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.156.105:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.156.165:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.156.216:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.57.164:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.228.117:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.174.25:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.9.55:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.4.60:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.176.230:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.191.170:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.63.207:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.51.115:4443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.116.76:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.45.149:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.45.40:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.241.26:443
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.244.187:443

It deletes the initially executed copy of itself

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.80

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

11.954.07

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

03 Oct 2015

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

11.955.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

03 Oct 2015

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