Backdoor.Win64.COBEACON.ZCLG.enc
Windows
Threat Type: Backdoor
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted: Yes
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This Backdoor arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
It executes commands from a remote malicious user, effectively compromising the affected system. It connects to a website to send and receive information.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Arrival Details
This Backdoor arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
Backdoor Routine
This Backdoor executes the following commands from a remote malicious user:
- Connect and disconnect to a named pipe
- Escalate privileges
- Execute arbitrary commands
- Impersonate tokens
- Inject code into processes
- Manage directories (Create, Remove, Set Directory)
- Manage files (List, Create, Delete, Modify, Rename, Copy)
- Manage processes (List, Create, Terminate)
- List Drive Information
- Use/purge Kerberos tickets
It connects to the following websites to send and receive information:
- http://{BLOCKED}g-f12b.azuer.workers.dev/feedback/js/help/prod/service/lazy.min.js
- http://{BLOCKED}g-f12b.azuer.workers.dev/we/s/h36B915845CCD42D1_App_Scripts/jquery.signalR2.1.1.min.js
Information Theft
This Backdoor gathers the following data:
- Username
- Computer name
- Operating System Version
- Executable used to load the sample
Other Details
This Backdoor does the following:
- It requires being loaded by mscorsvc.dll located in %windows%\assembly directory to decrypt the content of this file → detected as Backdoor.Win64.COBEACON.ZCLG
- This sample needs to be located in the %windows%\assembly directory and have a file name of 'msco.conf' to execute properly.
SOLUTION
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
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Backdoor.Win64.COBEACON.ZCLG.enc. 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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