TSPY_PLIMROST.N

September 20, 2016
 Analysis by: Michael Jay Villanueva
 ALIASES:

TrojanSpy:MSIL/Plimrost.B (Microsoft);

 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.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

806,912 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

20 Sep 2016

Payload:

Steals information, Connects to URLs/IPs

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 files:

  • %User Temp%\{random}.ini

(Note: %User Temp% is the user's temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp 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.)

Information Theft

This spyware gathers the following data:

  • Computer/Machine Name

Other Details

This spyware connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://{BLOCKED}funz.in/image/jamike/index.php?action={values}&username={values}&password={values}&app={values}&pcname={Machine Name}&sitename={values}

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

12.788.03

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

20 Sep 2016

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

12.789.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

21 Sep 2016

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

Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.

Step 3

Search and delete this file

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  • %User Temp%\{random}.ini

Step 4

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TSPY_PLIMROST.N. 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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