TROJ_DLOAD.JHE

December 30, 2015
 Analysis by: Anthony Joe Melgarejo
 ALIASES:

Troj/DwnLdr-MZL (Sophos), RDN/Generic Downloader.x (McAfee), Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.hgko (Kaspersky)

 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 as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

289,280 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Initial Samples Received Date:

10 Dec 2015

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

Dropping Routine

This Trojan drops the following files:

  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\ahispote.zip
  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\jhgfbnd.exe
  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\hgtf.exe

(Note: %All Users Profile% is the All Users folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\ProgramData 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.)

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.198.214/bvgfdsd1/msx_rte.zip