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TROJ_AVRECON.NVQ

September 07, 2018
 Analysis by: John Anthony Banes
 ALIASES:

TrojanDropper:Win32/Evotob.A (Microsoft); Trojan.Win32.Waldek.syz (Kaspersky); Win32/Exploit.CVE-2013-3660.L trojan (NOD32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

200,997 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Initial Samples Received Date:

07 Sep 2018

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 copies of itself into the affected system:

  • %Application Data%\Mozilla\svchoste.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, 7, and 8.)

Other System Modifications

This Trojan adds the following registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Microsoft Antimalware\Exclusions\Extensions
*.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Microsoft Antimalware\Exclusions\Extensions
*.dll = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Microsoft Antimalware\Exclusions\Extensions
*.tmp = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Microsoft Antimalware\Exclusions\Processes
afwqs.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Microsoft Antimalware\Exclusions\Processes
rgjdu.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Microsoft Antimalware\Exclusions\Processes
explorer.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Microsoft Antimalware\Exclusions\Processes
spoolsv.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Microsoft Antimalware\Exclusions\Processes
rundll32.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Microsoft Antimalware\Exclusions\Processes
consent.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Microsoft Antimalware\Exclusions\Processes
svchost.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows Defender\Exclusions\Extensions
*.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows Defender\Exclusions\Extensions
*.dll = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows Defender\Exclusions\Extensions
*.tmp = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows Defender\Exclusions\Processes
afwqs.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows Defender\Exclusions\Processes
rgjdu.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows Defender\Exclusions\Processes
explorer.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows Defender\Exclusions\Processes
spoolsv.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows Defender\Exclusions\Processes
rundll32.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows Defender\Exclusions\Processes
consent.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows Defender\Exclusions\Processes
svchost.exe = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows NT\CurrentVersion
wowsys64datecheck = 1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows NT\CurrentVersion
ZonesSecurityTestUpgrade = 1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\
FirewallPolicy\publicprofile
EnableFirewall = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\
FirewallPolicy\publicprofile
DoNotAllowExceptions = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\
FirewallPolicy\publicprofile
DisableNotifications = 1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\
FirewallPolicy\DomainProfile
DoNotAllowExceptions = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\
FirewallPolicy\DomainProfile
DisableNotifications = 1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\
FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile
DoNotAllowExceptions = 0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\
FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile
DisableNotifications = 1

It modifies the following registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\
FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile
EnableFirewall = 0

(Note: The default value data of the said registry entry is 1.)

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.26.248:80
  • http://{BLOCKED}onized2.cc/lost.dat