TROJ_SHADOW.AF

This malware is possibly connected with DUQU malware, which shares code similarities in STUXNET malware.

To get a one-glance comprehensive view of the behavior of this Trojan, refer to the Threat Diagram shown below.

This Trojan is executed using certain parameters. It finds certain processes, all of which are related to antivirus programs, running in memory to patch said processes with the malware code. If no match is found, it creates a process that it patches with the malware code.

It hooks certain APIs to collect system information.

This Trojan may be downloaded by other malware/grayware/spyware from remote sites. It may be unknowingly downloaded by a user while visiting malicious websites.

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be downloaded by other malware/grayware/spyware from remote sites.

It may be unknowingly downloaded by a user while visiting malicious websites.

NOTES:

It is executed using any of the following parameters:

• xxx = Collects Info on affected user
• xxx /v = verbose mode
• xxx /restart = delete contents of collected info
• xxx /quit = terminate created process
• xxx /delme = delete malware
• xxx /in {File} = loads data from the {file} to be used for the collection of info
• xxx /out {file} = writes collected info to {file} instead of the default %User Temp%\~DQxxx.tmp file.

This malware finds the following processes related to antivirus running in memory:

• 360rp.exe
• 360sd.exe
• avp.exe
• Mcshield.exe
• avguard.exe
• bdagent.exe
• UmxCfg.exe
• fsdfwd.exe
• rtvscan.exe
• ccSvcHst.exe
• ekrn.exe
• tmproxy.exe
• RavMonD.exe

If no match is found, it creates a process of lsass.exe then patches it with the malware code.

However, if any of the above-mentioned processes is found, it creates a new process of the reference file and patches malware code into it.

It may also use the following processes to inject its code if the process name matches and if the malware is unable to determine the file path:

• winglogon.exe
• svchost.exe

It hooks the following APIs to load a component, "sortxxx.nls".

• ZwMapViewOfSection
• ZwCreateSection
• ZwOpenFile
• ZwClose
• ZwQueryAttributesFile
• ZwQuerySection

Once the component has been loaded in memory, it then collects the following information in the system and by default saves it at %User Temp%\~DQ{random}.tmp, unless specified on the /out parameter:

• Drive information (free space, drive device name)
• Screenshots
• Running process and parent process
• Removable drives serial number
• Window names
• Information on open files and local computer