TROJ_UPATRE.YYSHL

 Analysis by: Sammy Chua

 ALIASES:

Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Upatre.vis (Kaspersky); TrojanDownloader:Win32/Upatre (Microsoft); Downloader.Upatre (Symantec)

 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 the initially executed copy of itself.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

114,688 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

05 Mar 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 files:

  • %User Temp%\V99E08.txt
  • %User Temp%\vatog3.exe
  • %User Temp%\viagra.pdf
  • %User Temp%\{random}.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.)

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://checkip.dyndns.org/
  • http://{BLOCKED}oot.de/gfx/din-n.pdf
  • http://{BLOCKED}on.de/files/file/2010/din-n.pdf
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.9.129:{port}/0403no11/{hostname}/{data}

It deletes the initially executed copy of itself