TSPY_SPYEYE.SM2

June 07, 2013
 Modified by: Sabrina Lei Sioting
 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 SYSTEM IMPACT RATING:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Trojan 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:

73,728 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

08 Sep 2011

Arrival Details

This Trojan 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 Trojan drops the following files:

  • %Application Data%\Adobe\shed\thr1.chm
  • %Application Data%\Adobe\plugs\mmc{random numbers}.txt
  • %Application Data%\Adobe\plugs\mmc{random numbers}.exe

(Note: %Application Data% is the current user's Application Data folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista and 7.)

It creates the following folders:

  • %Application Data%\Adobe\plugs
  • %Application Data%\Adobe\shed

(Note: %Application Data% is the current user's Application Data folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista and 7.)

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://{BLOCKED}j8cj.cu.cc/showthread.php?t={random numbers}
  • http://{BLOCKED}shusa.ka.hn/showthread.php?t={random numbers}
  • http://{BLOCKED}m.cu.cc/showthread.php?t={random numbers}
  • http://{BLOCKED}o.cu.cc/showthread.php?t={random numbers}
  • http://{BLOCKED}pect.cu.cc/showthread.php?t={random numbers}