BKDR_ANDROM.YYSMMN
Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!rfn (Microsoft); RDN/Generic PWS.y (McAfee); Trojan.Gen (Symantec); Backdoor.Win32.Androm.mnyy (Kaspersky); Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT (Sunbelt); Trojan horse Atros5.BXK (AVG)
Windows
Threat Type: Backdoor
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
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.
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.
Installation
This Backdoor drops the following copies of itself into the affected system:
- %Desktop%\app.exe
(Note: %Desktop% is the desktop folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Desktop in Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\Desktop in 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.)
It creates the following folders:
- %System Root%\Documents and Settings\Wilbert
- %User Profile%\Microsoft\CLR Security Config
- %User Profile%\CLR Security Config\v2.0.50727.42
(Note: %System Root% is the Windows root folder, where it usually is C:\ on all Windows operating system versions.. %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista and 7.)
Other System Modifications
This Backdoor deletes the following files:
- {malware path and file name}:zone.identifier
- %User Profile%\My Documents\Delay.txt
- %Desktop%\app.exe
- %Desktop%\app.exe:Zone.Identifier
(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista and 7.. %Desktop% is the desktop folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Desktop in Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\Desktop in 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.)
It adds the following registry keys:
hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\
esent\process\{malware file name}
hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\
esent\process\{malware file name}\
debug
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
ESENT\Process\app
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
ESENT\Process\app\
DEBUG
It modifies the following registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\
Services\Eventlog\Application\
ESENT
EventMessageFile = "%System%\ESENT.dll"
(Note: The default value data of the said registry entry is {random values}.)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\
Services\Eventlog\Application\
ESENT
CategoryMessageFile = "%System%\ESENT.dll"
(Note: The default value data of the said registry entry is {random values}.)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\
Services\Eventlog\Application\
ESENT
CategoryCount = "1"
(Note: The default value data of the said registry entry is 10.)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\
Services\Eventlog\Application\
ESENT
TypesSupported = "7"
(Note: The default value data of the said registry entry is 7.)
Dropping Routine
This Backdoor drops the following files:
- %Windows%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\config\security.config.cch.new
- %User Profile%\v2.0.50727.42\security.config.cch.new
- %Windows%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\config\enterprisesec.config.cch.new
(Note: %Windows% is the Windows folder, where it usually is C:\Windows on all Windows operating system versions.. %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista and 7.)
This report is generated via an automated analysis system.
SOLUTION
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
Delete this registry key
Important: Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this step only if you know how or you can ask assistance from your system administrator. Else, check this Microsoft article first before modifying your computer's registry.
- In hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\esent\process
- {malware file name}
- In hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\esent\process\{malware file name}
- debug
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ESENT\Process
- app
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ESENT\Process\app
- DEBUG
Step 3
Restore these modified registry values
Important:Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this only if you know how to or you can seek your system administrator's help. You may also check out this Microsoft article first before modifying your computer's registry.
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Eventlog\Application\ESENT
- From: EventMessageFile = "%System%\ESENT.dll"
To: EventMessageFile = ""{random values}""
- From: EventMessageFile = "%System%\ESENT.dll"
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Eventlog\Application\ESENT
- From: CategoryMessageFile = "%System%\ESENT.dll"
To: CategoryMessageFile = ""{random values}""
- From: CategoryMessageFile = "%System%\ESENT.dll"
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Eventlog\Application\ESENT
- From: CategoryCount = "1"
To: CategoryCount = ""10""
- From: CategoryCount = "1"
- In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Eventlog\Application\ESENT
- From: TypesSupported = "7"
To: TypesSupported = ""7""
- From: TypesSupported = "7"
Step 4
Search and delete these components
- %Windows%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\config\security.config.cch.new
- %User Profile%\v2.0.50727.42\security.config.cch.new
- %Windows%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\config\enterprisesec.config.cch.new
Step 5
Search and delete these folders
- %System Root%\Documents and Settings\Wilbert
- %User Profile%\Microsoft\CLR Security Config
- %User Profile%\CLR Security Config\v2.0.50727.42
Step 6
Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as BKDR_ANDROM.YYSMMN. 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.
Step 7
Restore this file from backup only Microsoft-related files will be restored. If this malware/grayware also deleted files related to programs that are not from Microsoft, please reinstall those programs on you computer again.
- {malware path and file name}:zone.identifier
- %User Profile%\My Documents\Delay.txt
- %Desktop%\app.exe
- %Desktop%\app.exe:Zone.Identifier
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