TROJ_DANABOT.IKT

July 25, 2018
 Analysis by: Carl Maverick Pascual
 ALIASES:

a variant of Win32/TrojanDownloader.Danabot.A trojan (ESET-Nod32) ; W32/Generic.AC.414d0c!tr (Fortinet)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

82,432 bytes

File Type:

DLL

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

05 Jul 2018

Arrival Details

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

Other System Modifications

This Trojan adds the following registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
DownloadManager

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.1.104/index.php?m=T&a=4&b={Operating System}&d={unique value}&g={unique value}&i={unique value}&u={privilege level}&v={Windows Version}&x=0&t={Operating System}&e={key}

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

14.370.05

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

10 Jul 2018

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

14.371.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

11 Jul 2018

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Restart in normal mode and scan your computer with your Trend Micro product for files detected as TROJ_DANABOT.IKT. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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