TROJ_UPATRE.DX

 Analysis by: Joachim Suico

 ALIASES:

Downloader.Upatre (Symantec); TrojanDownloader:Win32/Upatre.BD (Microsoft); Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Upatre (A) (Emsisoft)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • 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.

It deletes itself after execution.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

46,080 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

12 May 2015

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 copies of itself into the affected system and executes them:

  • %User Temp%\tcp_setup.exe

(Note: %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.)

It drops the following files:

  • %User Temp%\tcp_9BB6.log

(Note: %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.)

Download Routine

This Trojan accesses the following websites to download files:

  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.109.65
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.97.45
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.59.234
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.97.54
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.220.102
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.97.38
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.130.90
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.97.64
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.97.66

Other Details

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

  • icanhazip.com

It deletes itself after execution.