RANSOM_WALTRIX.BZA

 Analysis by: Michael Jay Villanueva

 ALIASES:

Ransom:Win32/Exxroute!rfn (Microsoft); Gen:Variant.Razy.44932 (BitDefender); Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Crypren.acov (Kaspersky)

 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:

379,436 bytes

File Type:

DLL

Initial Samples Received Date:

02 May 2016

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:

  • {folders containing encrypted files}\de_crypt_readme.txt
  • {folders containing encrypted files}\de_crypt_readme.html
  • {folders containing encrypted files}\de_crypt_readme.bmp
  • %Desktop%\de_crypt_readme.txt
  • %Desktop%\de_crypt_readme.html
  • %Desktop%\de_crypt_readme.bmp

(Note: %Desktop% is the desktop folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Desktop in Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\Desktop in 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 drops the following non-malicious files:

  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\{random file name}.dat

(Note: %All Users Profile% is the All Users folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\ProgramData 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.)

Other Details

This Trojan renames encrypted files using the following names:

  • {original file name}.crypt

It does the following:

  • possibly connects to a malicious website to send and receive information
  • steals information