ELF_SONEX.SPIP

July 06, 2017
 Analysis by: Cris Nowell Pantanilla
 ALIASES:

Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!bit (Microsoft), Backdoor.Linux.Dofloo.b (Kaspersky)

 PLATFORM:

Linux

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • Threat Type: Backdoor

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet

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

It executes commands from a remote malicious user, effectively compromising the affected system. It connects to a website to send and receive information.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

1,870,048 bytes

File Type:

ELF

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

01 May 2017

Payload:

Connects to URLs/IPs, Collects system information, Executes files

Arrival Details

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

Backdoor Routine

This Backdoor executes the following commands from a remote malicious user:

  • Get CPU information
  • Get memory status
  • Get system information
  • Execute command shell
  • Connect to server
  • Send information
  • DNS Flood
  • Syn Flood
  • LSYN Flood
  • UDP Flood
  • UDPS Flood
  • CC Flood

It connects to the following websites to send and receive information:

  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.107.164:48080
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.4.7:48080

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

13.374.06

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

01 May 2017

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

13.375.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

02 May 2017

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