TSPY_BEBLOH.AAACV
Win32/Spy.Bebloh.K (ESET-NOD32), Troj/Shiotob-AX (Sophos)
Windows
Threat Type: Spyware
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted: Yes
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
Downloaded from the Internet, Spammed via email, Dropped by other malware
This spyware arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
It does not have any propagation routine.
It does not have any backdoor routine.
It modifies the Internet Explorer Zone Settings.
It connects to certain websites to send and receive information. It gathers information and reports it to its servers.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
210,613 bytes
EXE
Yes
20 Jul 2016
Connects to URLs/IPs, Downloads files
Arrival Details
This spyware arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.
It 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%\{random string}.exe
(Note: Creation of this copy is triggered when the affected system is shutting down)
(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.)
It adds the following mutexes to ensure that only one of its copies runs at any one time:
- Global\Uz{hex values}
It injects codes into the following process(es):
- explorer.exe
Autostart Technique
This spyware creates the following registry entries to enable automatic execution of dropped component at every system startup:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
{random string} = "%Application Data%\{random string}.lnk”
(Note: Creation of this registry entry is triggered when the affected system is shutting down)
Other System Modifications
This spyware adds the following registry keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\{random key}
It adds the following registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\{random key}
{random value} = "{hex values}"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\{random key}
(Default) = "{hex values}"
Propagation
This spyware does not have any propagation routine.
Backdoor Routine
This spyware does not have any backdoor routine.
Web Browser Home Page and Search Page Modification
This spyware modifies the Internet Explorer Zone Settings.
Dropping Routine
This spyware drops the following files:
- %Application Data%\{random string}.lnk <- points to the copy
(Note: Creation of this file is triggered when the affected system is shutting down, appends parameter "-autorun" to executed copy)
(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.)
Stolen Information
This spyware sends the gathered information via HTTP POST to the following URL:
- https://{BLOCKED}c1.com/auth/?tver={value}&vcmd={value}&cc={value}&hh={Hex Value}&ipcnf={Ip address}+&sckport={value}&pros={value}&prgid={value}&keret={value};&email={value}
Other Details
This spyware connects to the following URL(s) to check for an Internet connection:
- www.google.com
It connects to the following website to send and receive information:
- {Random Generated Domain}.com
- {Random Generated Domain}.net
- https://{BLOCKED}c1.com/auth/
It does the following:
- Update itself
- It does not proceed to its malicious routine if it detects that it is running in a VMWare environment
- It deletes the cache files of Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox
- It monitors the following files to steal sensitive information, such as user names and passwords:
• iexplore.exe
• explorer.exe
• myie.exe
• firefox.exe
• ftpte.exe
• coreftp.exe
• filezilla.exe
• TOTALCMD.EXE
• cftp.exe
• FTPVoyager.exe
• SmartFTP.exe
• WinSCP.exe
• chrome.exe
• opera.exe
• chrome.dll
• thebat.exe
• msimn.exe
• nsp4.dll
• nss3.dll
• Outlook.exe - This malware does any of the following depending on the reply from the C&C:
- Sleep and wait for next reply
- Receive configuration file for target banks / financial institution to monitor
- Receive download URL to download other possibly malicious files
It gathers the following information and reports it to its servers:
- Email addresses from Windows Address Book (WAB)
- User Credentials (FTP, Browser, Email)
- Machine Name
- OS Information (Version, Product ID, Name, Install Date)
- Explorer File Information
- Volume Serial Number
- Network Configuration (IP address, Socket, Ports)
- Keyboar Layout
NOTES:
It does not have rootkit capabilities.
It does not exploit any vulnerability.
SOLUTION
9.800
12.664.04
20 Jul 2016
12.665.00
21 Jul 2016
Step 1
Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.
Step 2
Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.
Step 3
Restart in Safe Mode
Step 4
Delete this registry key
Important: Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this step only if you know how or you can ask assistance from your system administrator. Else, check this Microsoft article first before modifying your computer's registry. Before you could do this, you must restart in Safe Mode. For instructions on how to do this, you may refer to this page If the preceding step requires you to restart in safe mode, you may proceed to edit the system registry.
- In HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
- {random key}
- {random key}
Step 5
Delete this registry value
Important: Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this step only if you know how or you can ask assistance from your system administrator. Else, check this Microsoft article first before modifying your computer's registry.
- In HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- {random string} = "%Application Data%\{random string}.lnk"
- {random string} = "%Application Data%\{random string}.lnk"
Step 6
Search and delete this file
- %Application Data%\{random string}.lnk
Step 7
Restart in normal mode and scan your computer with your Trend Micro product for files detected as TSPY_BEBLOH.AAACV. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.
Step 8
Reset Internet security settings
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