TROJ_DROPPER.THFBFAI

 Analysis by: Johnlery Triunfante

 ALIASES:

Trojan.GenericKD.40280665 (BitDefender); W32/PossibleThreat (Fortinet)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • 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:

6,232,185 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Initial Samples Received Date:

15 Jun 2018

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:

  • %System Root%\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-3
  • %System Root%\Users\Public\Documents\{GUID}
  • %Temp%\{GUID}
  • %User Temp%\{GUID}
  • {malware path}\WNetworkMgmt2008.exe
  • {malware path}\config.ini
  • {malware path}\svc_client.exe.old.bak-

(Note: %System Root% is the Windows root folder, where it usually is C:\ on all Windows operating system versions.. %Temp% is the Windows temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Windows\Temp on all Windows operating system versions.. %User Temp% is the user's temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp 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 System Modifications

This Trojan adds the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NetworkMgmt

It adds the following registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NetworkMgmt
Interval = {date}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NetworkMgmt
Oem = unknown

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NetworkMgmt
Tm = {number}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NetworkMgmt
Uid = {hex string}

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • service.{BLOCKED}.com
  • admin.{BLOCKED}.com