Analysis by: Jimelle Monteser
ALIASES:

PSWTool.Win32.PasswordCracker.ap (Kaspersky), Riskware/SecurityXploded (Fortinet), Hacktoo.EPWDump (Ikarus), a variant of Win32/SecurityXploded.C application (NOD32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)

 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 arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites. It may be dropped by other malware. It may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 793,088 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 28 Mar 2014

Arrival Details

This hacking tool arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It may be dropped by the following malware:

  • TSPY_PASSTEAL.TY

It may be manually installed by a user.

NOTES:

This is a command line tool which requires user interaction to perform its intended routine.

This hacking tool is used to recover the following:

  • Email passwords
  • Stored Internet Explorer passwords
  • Web browser passwords

It may save the recovered password to any location specified by the user.

It may accept the following command line parameters:

  • -f {output file name} (to dump email passwords and stored password from web browsers)
  • -h (show help screen)
  • {output filename} (to dump stored passwords from Internet Explorer)

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.700

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

Remove the malware/grayware file dropped/downloaded by HKTL_SXPASSDUMP. (Note: Please skip this step if the threat(s) listed below have already been removed.)

    • TSPY_PASSTEAL.TY

Step 3

Search and delete these files

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  • {output file name}

Step 4

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HKTL_SXPASSDUMP. 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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