TROJ_UPATRE.YUYBF
TrojanDownloader:Win32/Upatre (Microsoft); Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Upatre.fct (Kaspersky); Downloader.Upatre (Symantec)
Windows
Threat Type: Trojan
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.
It deletes the initially executed copy of itself.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Arrival Details
This Trojan 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 Trojan drops the following copies of itself into the affected system and executes them:
- %User Temp%\homeupd.exe
(Note: %User Temp% is the user's temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp 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.)
Dropping Routine
This Trojan drops the following files:
- %User Temp%\{random}.exe - it executes this file
(Note: %User Temp% is the user's temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp 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.)
Other Details
This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:
- http://checkip.{BLOCKED}s.org/
- http://{BLOCKED}lentino.com/WOW/data1/tooltips/gb_eulf.pdf
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.236.251:{random port}/1902us22/{Hostname}/0/{OS VERSION}/0/{Data}
- http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.236.251:{random port}/1902us22/{Hostname}/41/7/4/
It deletes the initially executed copy of itself