Analysis by: Rhena Inocencio
ALIASES:

Perl/BackDoor-CXY.gen (McAfee)

 PLATFORM:

Linux

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 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Backdoor

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel: Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

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: Varies
File Type: Other
Initial Samples Received Date: 20 Aug 2013

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.

NOTES:

This is the component of the malware UNIX_HANTHIE that is used for performing the bind shell command.

It may print any of the following messages:

  • [Hand of Thief] BackConnect
  • [Hand of Thief] BindPort

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.300
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 10.230.03
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 21 Aug 2013
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 10.231.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 22 Aug 2013

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