Analysis by: Michael Jay Villanueva
ALIASES:

TrojanSpy:Win32/Banker (Microsoft); Trojan-Banker.Win32.Neverquest2.ol (Kaspersky); Backdoor.Papras (Malwarebytes)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • 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

File Size: 172,032 bytes
File Type: DLL
Initial Samples Received Date: 18 Mar 2016

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:

  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\{Random Folder Name}\{Random Filename}.dll

(Note: %All Users Profile% is the All Users folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\ProgramData 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.)

It creates the following folders:

  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\{Random Folder Name}

(Note: %All Users Profile% is the All Users folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\ProgramData 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.)

Autostart Technique

This backdoor adds the following registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
{random} = regsvr32.exe "%All Users Profile%\Application Data\{Random Folder Name}\{Random Filename}.dll"

Other System Modifications

This backdoor adds the following registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\{random CLSID}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\{random CLSID}\
{Name of Created Folder}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\{random CLSID}\
{Name of Created Folder}\{4 Random digits}
{4 Random Letters} = {Hex value}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Internet Explorer\Main
NoProtectedModeBanner = 1

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Internet Explorer\Main
TabProcGrowth = 0

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.800
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 12.440.05
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 01 Apr 2016
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 12.441.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 02 Apr 2016

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