WORM_DORKBOT.KK

This worm arrives via removable drives. It may be dropped by other malware.

It drops an AUTORUN.INF file to automatically execute the copies it drops when a user accesses the drives of an affected system.

It deletes the initially executed copy of itself.

Arrival Details

This worm arrives via removable drives.

It may be dropped by other malware.

Installation

This worm drops the following copies of itself into the affected system:

• %User Profile%\Application Data\{random characters}.exe

(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Windows\Profiles\{user name} on Windows 98 and ME, C:\WINNT\Profiles\{user name} on Windows NT, and C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003.)

Autostart Technique

This worm adds the following registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
{malware file name} = "%User Profile%\Application Data\{malware file name}.exe"

Propagation

This worm creates the following folders in all removable drives:

• {drive letter}:\RECYCLER

It drops the following copy(ies) of itself in all removable drives:

• {drive letter}:\RECYCLER\{random characters}.exe

It drops an AUTORUN.INF file to automatically execute the copies it drops when a user accesses the drives of an affected system.

The said .INF file contains the following strings:

[AutoRun]
;{garbage characters}
shellexecute=RECYCLER\{malware file name}.exe
;{garbage characters}
icon=shell32.dll,7
;{garbage characters}
shell\open\command=RECYCLER\{malware file name}.exe
;{garbage characters}
action=Open folder to view files
;{garbage characters}
shell\explore\command=RECYCLER\{malware file name}.exe
;{garbage characters}
useautoplay=1

It sends messages that contain links to sites hosting remote copies of itself using the following instant-messaging (IM) applications:

• Windows Live Communicator
• MSN Messenger
• Pidgin
• Xchat
• mIRC

Backdoor Routine

This worm connects to the following URL(s) to send and receive commands from a remote malicious user:

• ng.{BLOCKED}oan.com
• ng.{BLOCKED}opperz11.com
• ng.{BLOCKED}ousez11.com
• ng.{BLOCKED}allone.com
• ng.{BLOCKED}ketbaby.com

Other Details

This worm connects to the following URL(s) to get the affected system's IP address:

• http://api.wipmania.com/

It deletes the initially executed copy of itself

NOTES:
This worm monitors the Internet activities of the infected system to steal user credentials if the user visits websites with the following strings:

• *officebanking.cl/*login.asp*
• *secure.logmein.*/*logincheck*
• *megaupload.*/*login
• loginUserPassword
• loginUserName
• *loginUserPassword=*
• *fileserve.*/login*
• session[password]
• session[username_or_email]
• *password]=*
• *twitter.com/sessions
• *:2086/login*
• *:2083/login*
• Password
• EmailName
• *&Password=*
• *.alertpay.*/*login.aspx
• txtPassword
• txtEmail
• *&txtPassword=*
• *.moneybookers.*/*login.pl
• *runescape*/*weblogin*
• *dyndns*/account*
• *&password=*
• *no-ip*/login*
• *steampowered*/login*
• quick_password
• quick_username
• username
• *hackforums.*/member.php
• email
• *facebook.*/login.php*
• *login.yahoo.*/*login*
• passwd
• login
• *passwd=*
• *login.live.*/*post.srf*
• TextfieldPassword
• TextfieldEmail
• *TextfieldPassword=*
• *gmx.*/*FormLogin*
• *Passwd=*
• FLN-Password
• FLN-UserName
• *FLN-Password=*
• *fastmail.*/mail/*
• *pass=*
• *bigstring.*/*index.php*
• screenname
• *screenname.aol.*/login.psp*
• password
• loginId
• *password=*
• *aol.*/*login.psp*
• Passwd
• Email
• *service=youtube*
• *google.*/*ServiceLoginAuth*
• login_password
• login_email
• *login_password=*
• *paypal.*/webscr?cmd=_login-submit*

It attempts to steal user credentials used in the following websites:

• AlertPay
• AOL
• BigString
• DynDNS
• Facebook
• Fastmail
• FileServe
• Gmail
• Hackforums
• LogMeIn
• Megaupload
• Moneybookers
• No-IP
• OfficeBanking
• PayPal
• Runescape
• Steam
• Twitter
• Yahoo
• YouTube

It has the following backdoor capabilities:

• Block DNS
• Create processes
• Download other files
• Insert iframe tags into HTML files
• Join an IRC channel
• Log in to FTP sites
• Perfrom Slowloris, UDP, and SYN flooding
• Run Reverse Socks4 proxy server
• Send MSN Messenger messages
• Steal login credentials
• Update Itself
• Visit a Web Site
• Modify the following system files:
• ipconfig.exe
• verclsid.exe
• regedit.exe
• rundll32.exe
• cmd.exe
• regsvr32.exe

It blocks users from accessing websites with the following strings:

• avast.
• avira.
• bitdefender.
• bullguard.
• clamav.
• comodo.
• emsisoft.
• eset.
• f-secure.
• fortinet.
• garyshood.
• gdatasoftware.
• heck.tc
• iseclab.
• jotti.
• kaspersky.
• lavasoft.
• malwarebytes.
• mcafee.
• norman.
• norton.
• novirusthanks.
• onecare.live.
• onlinemalwarescanner.
• pandasecurity.
• precisesecurity.
• sophos.
• sunbeltsoftware.
• symantec
• threatexpert.
• trendmicro.
• virscan.
• virus.
• virusbuster.nprotect.
• viruschief.
• virustotal.
• webroot.

It hooks the following API to hide itself and to aid its routines.

• CopyFileA
• CopyFileW
• CreateFileA
• CreateFileW
• DeleteFileA
• DeleteFileW
• DnsQuery_A
• DnsQuery_W
• GetAddrInfoW
• HttpSendRequestA
• HttpSendRequestW
• InternetWriteFile
• LdrEnumerateLoadedModules
• LdrGetDllHandle
• LdrGetProcedureAddress
• LdrLoadDll
• MoveFileA
• MoveFileW
• NtEnumerateValueKey
• NtQueryDirectoryFile
• NtQueryInformationProcess
• NtQueryInformationThread
• NtQuerySystemInformation
• NtQueryVirtualMemory
• PR_Write
• RegCreateKeyExA
• RegCreateKeyExW
• RtlAnsiStringToUnicodeString
• URLDownloadToFileA
• URLDownloadToFileW

It drops shortcut files pointing to the copy of itself in removable drives. These dropped .LNK files use the names of the folders located on the said drives for their file names. It then sets the attributes of the original folders to Hidden to trick the user into clicking the .LNK files.