Analysis by: Anthony Joe Melgarejo
ALIASES:

VirTool:Win32/CeeInject.CN (Microsoft), W32.IRCBot.NG (Symantec), W32/IRCBot.gen.bt (McAfee), Mal/Inject-CY (Sophos), Trojan.Win32.InjectCy (v) (Sunbelt), W32/Injector.LSH!tr (Fortinet), Virus.Win32.CeeInject (Ikarus), Win32/Injector.LNV trojan (ESET), Trojan.Pincav (VBA32)

 PLATFORM:

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

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

  • Threat Type: Worm

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This worm 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

File Size: 126,976 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: Yes
Initial Samples Received Date: 09 Apr 2013

Arrival Details

This worm 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 worm drops the following copies of itself into the affected system:

  • %Application Data%\{random file name}.exe

(Note: %Application Data% is the current user's Application Data folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista and 7.)

Autostart Technique

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

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
{random file name} = %Application Data%\{random file name}.exe

Propagation

This worm creates the following folders in all removable drives:

  • RECYCLER

It drops the following copy(ies) of itself in all removable drives:

  • {Removable Drive}:\RECYCLER\e5188982.exe

Other Details

This worm connects to the following URL(s) to get the affected system's IP address:

  • http://api.wipmania.com

It connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • {BLOCKED}g.{BLOCKED}opperz11.com
  • {BLOCKED}g.{BLOCKED}ousez11.com
  • {BLOCKED}g.{BLOCKED}oan.com
  • {BLOCKED}g.{BLOCKED}allone.com
  • {BLOCKED}g.{BLOCKED}ketbaby.com

It deletes the initially executed copy of itself

NOTES:
It drops shortcut files pointing to the copy of itself in removable drives. These dropped .LNK files use the names of the folders located on the said drives for their file names. It then sets the attributes of the original folders to Hidden to trick the user into clicking the .LNK files.