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HackTool.Win32.SMBTool.AB

May 14, 2020
 Analysis by: Arianne Grace Dela Cruz
 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Hacking Tool

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Dropped by other malware, Downloaded from the Internet

This Hacking Tool 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:

1,454,080 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

13 May 2020

Payload:

Collects system information

Arrival Details

This Hacking Tool arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Other Details

This Hacking Tool does the following:

  • It is used to perform reconnaissance on machines in a local network via SMB.
  • It can identify the following information from a remote machine:
    • Administrative Rights
    • OS Information
    • Domain
    • System Time

It accepts the following parameters:

  • -S (hostname) = perform operation on the provided host name
  • -L (hosts file) = perform operation on each host address listed in the specified file
  • -I = detect OS information of a remote user
  • -C = check if user has admin rights, must be used in combination with the following (-U, -D and -p/-P):
    • -U (username) = user name of target machine
    • -D (domain) = domain name of target machine
    • -p (password) = password of target machine
    • -P (NTLM) = password hash of target machine
  • -U = verbose output
  • -? = display options

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

SSAPI PATTERN File:

2.289.00

SSAPI PATTERN Date:

14 May 2020

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Identify and terminate files detected as HackTool.Win32.SMBTool.AB

[ Learn More ]
  1. Windows Task Manager may not display all running processes. In this case, please use a third-party process viewer, preferably Process Explorer, to terminate the malware/grayware/spyware file. You may download the said tool here.
  2. If the detected file is displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer but you cannot delete it, restart your computer in safe mode. To do this, refer to this link for the complete steps.
  3. If the detected file is not displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer, continue doing the next steps.

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HackTool.Win32.SMBTool.AB. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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