TROJ_STARTER.TJBGBX

This Trojan 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.

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

Arrival Details

This Trojan 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 Trojan drops the following files:

• %User Temp%\BlocK.txt - a blank text file
• %User Temp%\decoy.doc - a blank Microsoft Word document

(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista, 7, and 8.)

It drops and executes the following files:

• %User Temp%\iNteldriVerupd1.sCt - detected as TROJ_STARTER.TJBGBX, contains a VBS scriptlet that runs %User Temp%\TasK.BaT
• %User Temp%\TasK.BaT - creates %User Temp%\BlocK.txt and executes %User Temp%\2nd.bat
• %User Temp%\2nd.bat - detected as TROJ_STARTER.TJBGBX. Executes the malware's payload (%User Temp%\ExE.exe), closes Winword.exe, deletes Resiliency registry keys and overwrites a file with %User Temp%\decoy.doc. This batch script will then open the overwritten file.
• %User Temp%\ExE.exe - The malware's payload. Detected as TSPY_SWOTTER.THFBOAJ.

(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista, 7, and 8.)

Other System Modifications

This Trojan deletes the following registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Office\11.0\Word\
Resiliency

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Office\12.0\Word\
Resiliency

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Office\14.0\Word\
Resiliency

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Office\15.0\Word\
Resiliency

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Office\16.0\Word\
Resiliency

Dropping Routine

This Trojan takes advantage of the following software vulnerabilities to drop malicious files:

• CVE-2017-8570 | Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

• hxxp://{BLOCKED}u/newbuild/t.php?thread=0&stats=send

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.