Rootkit.Linux.SKIDMAP.B
September 10, 2019
PLATFORM:
Linux
OVERALL RISK RATING:
DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
REPORTED INFECTION:
INFORMATION EXPOSURE:
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Threat Type: Rootkit
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted: No
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
Infection Channel: Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware
This Rootkit 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: 868,473 bytes
File Type: ELF
Memory Resident: Yes
Initial Samples Received Date: 04 Sep 2019
Arrival Details
This Rootkit arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
Other Details
This Rootkit does the following:
- It alters network traffic on IP addresses that contain the following values:
- 3B25
- 6358
- 09B0
- BB25
- CDAC6B
- It is used by Trojan.Linux.SKIDMAP.UWEJX for its rootkit capabilities.
- It alters CPU time of processes with the following name:
- pamdicks
- It alters CPU load of the machine to always stay low.
- It alters network traffic on the following ports:
- 500
- 8990
- 3333
- 4444
- 5555
- 6666
- 7777
- 3334
- 3335
- 52126
- 53126
SOLUTION
Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 15.348.03
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 06 Sep 2019
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 15.349.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 07 Sep 2019
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