HackTool.BAT.SMBEnabler.A

December 13, 2022
 Analysis by: Carlos Villegas Madrid
 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Hacking Tool

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

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

It does not have any propagation routine.

It does not have any backdoor routine.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

667 bytes

File Type:

BAT

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

11 Sep 2020

Arrival Details

This Hacking Tool 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 Hacking Tool adds the following processes:

  • sc.exe config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb10/nsi
  • sc.exe config mrxsmb20 start= auto
  • %System%\cmd.exe /S /D /c" ver "
  • find /i "Version 6.1."

(Note: %System% is the Windows system folder, where it usually is C:\Windows\System32 on all Windows operating system versions.)

Propagation

This Hacking Tool does not have any propagation routine.

Backdoor Routine

This Hacking Tool does not have any backdoor routine.

Rootkit Capabilities

This Hacking Tool does not have rootkit capabilities.

Other Details

This Hacking Tool does the following:

  • It detects Windows Version of the machine
  • It detects SMBv2/v3 status and enable SMBv2/v3 protocols on the SMB Client

It does not exploit any vulnerability.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

SSAPI PATTERN File:

2.275.00

SSAPI PATTERN Date:

02 Apr 2020

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HackTool.BAT.SMBEnabler.A. 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 the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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