HKTL_ELITESTEAL

 Modified by: Jennifer Gumban

 ALIASES:

MSIL/Injector.OO!tr (Fortinet); Backdoor.Trojan (Symantec)

 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


This hacking tool may be manually installed by a user.

It gathers certain information on the affected computer. It retrieves specific information from the affected system.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

280,576 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

14 May 2014

Arrival Details

This hacking tool may be manually installed by a user.

Installation

This hacking tool drops the following files:

  • %User Temp%\{COMPUTER NAME} - contains collected information
  • %User Temp%\winlogin.exe - non malicious file
  • {Malware Path}\Server.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.)

Information Theft

This hacking tool gathers the following information on the affected computer:

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • ICQ
  • Opera
  • Safari
  • Google Chrome
  • MSN
  • Steam Username
  • jDownloader
  • FileZilla
  • Pidgin

It retrieves the following information from the affected system:

  • Current Time and Date
  • Computer Name
  • OS Version
  • Product Key
  • IP Address

Other Details

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

  • automation.whatsmyip.com

It displays the following images:

NOTES:

Its routines does the following:

  • Check FTP Connection - creates Testlog.txt to FTP location
  • Check PHP Connection - creates Testlog to Panel
  • Build Stealer Button - {Malware Path}\Server.exe is dropped

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.8

Step 1

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

Step 2

Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HKTL_ELITESTEAL. 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 this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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