HackTool.Win64.WinExe.AF
RiskTool.Win64.WinExec.gen (KASPERSKY)
Windows
Threat Type: Hacking Tool
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware
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
27,648 bytes
EXE
No
12 Apr 2023
Drops files
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.
Installation
This Hacking Tool drops the following files:
- %System Root%\winexesvc.log → contains log activities of the hack tool
(Note: %System Root% is the Windows root folder, where it usually is C:\ on all Windows operating system versions.)
Other Details
This Hacking Tool does the following:
- It checks for the service:
- Service name: winexesvc
- It creates the following pipe and connects to the following pipe names which allow command execution:
- \.\pipe\ahexec_stdin
- \.\pipe\ahexec_stdout
- \.\pipe\ahexec_stderr
- \.\pipe\ahexec
- It does the following set of commands:
- run(execute set of commands)
- Log-on User
- Open and Duplicate Process Token
- Open Thread Token
- Revert to Self (Terminate impersonation)
- Get:(Fetch commands)
- system(System information)
- implevel(Impersonate Name Pipe Client)
- profile(User Profile)
- runas(Runas Credentials)
- Set:(Set information to itself)
- Version(Retrieve Hacking tool's Version)
- codepage(Update codes to itself)
- After connection is established, this hack tool will be able to create processes remotely
SOLUTION
9.800
2.615.00
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
Search and delete this file
Step 3
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HackTool.Win64.WinExe.AF. 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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