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Trojan.SH.MALXMR.UWEKI

August 07, 2020
 Analysis by: Patrick Noel Collado
 PLATFORM:

Linux

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet

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:

206 bytes

File Type:

Script

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

06 Aug 2020

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:

  • {Malware Path}\out.txt -> List of Docker servers with open ports

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

  • Uses masscan to search for vulnerable Docker servers
  • Uses a container from {BLOCKED}mk/alpine2 to install and execute the cryptominer from the official XMRIG github repository.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

16.148.04

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

06 Aug 2020

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

16.149.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

07 Aug 2020

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