TSPY_EMOTET.XXQE
VirTool:Win32/CeeInject!KY (Microsoft); Trojan.Win32.Emotet (Ikarus); Win32/Emotet.AD (ESET-NOD32); W32/EMOTET.XXQD!tr (Fortinet)
Windows
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.
However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible. It deletes itself after execution.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
266,240 bytes
EXE
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:
- %Application Data%\Microsoft\msdb{random}.exe
(Note: %Application Data% is the Application Data folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming 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.)
Autostart Technique
This spyware adds the following registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
msdb{random}.exe = "%Application Data%\Microsoft\msdb{random}.exe"
Other System Modifications
This spyware adds the following registry keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Rocal AppWizard-Generated Applications\
{Malware name}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Rocal AppWizard-Generated Applications\
{Malware name}\Recent File List
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Rocal AppWizard-Generated Applications\
{Malware name}\Settings
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Multimedia\Audio\Box
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Multimedia\Audio\Box\
{random 1}6
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Multimedia\Audio\Box\
{random 1}7
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Multimedia\Audio\Box\
{random 1}8
It adds the following registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
GlobalUserOffline = "0"
Other Details
This spyware connects to the following possibly malicious URL:
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.17.67:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.160.196:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.138.90:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.207.58:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.129.13:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.3.194:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.225.91:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.17.144:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.85.224:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.224.231:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.189.24:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.135.44:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.105.107:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.254.29:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.213.41:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.6.134:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.193.123:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.151.38:8080/{random 1}/{random 2}/
However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.
It deletes itself after execution.