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WORM_NEERIS.JWE

October 09, 2012
 Modified by: Sabrina Lei Sioting
 ALIASES:

VirTool:Win32/Injector.gen!B (Microsoft); BackDoor-DOQ.gen.e (McAfee); Packed.Generic.267 (Symantec); Trojan.Generic.2367796 (FSecure)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

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

  • Threat Type: Worm

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW


This worm arrives by connecting affected removable drives to a system. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It drops an AUTORUN.INF file to automatically execute the copies it drops when a user accesses the drives of an affected system.

It deletes the initially executed copy of itself.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

81,920 bytes

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

28 Dec 2011

Arrival Details

This worm arrives by connecting affected removable drives to a system.

It 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:

  • %System%\dllcache.exe

(Note: %System% is the Windows system folder, which is usually C:\Windows\System on Windows 98 and ME, C:\WINNT\System32 on Windows NT and 2000, or C:\Windows\System32 on Windows XP and Server 2003.)

Autostart Technique

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

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
netmon = "%System%\dllcache.exe"

Other System Modifications

This worm adds the following registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\
Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\
FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\
List
%Windows%\system\dllcache.exe = "%Windows%\system\dllcache.exe:*:Microsoft Enabled"

Propagation

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

  • strongkey-rc1.3-build-208.exe

It drops an AUTORUN.INF file to automatically execute the copies it drops when a user accesses the drives of an affected system.

The said .INF file contains the following strings:

[autorun]
shellexecute=strongkey-rc1.3-build-208.exe
action=Open folder to view files
shell\default=Open
shell\default\command=strongkey-rc1.3-build-208.exe
shell=default

Dropping Routine

This worm drops the following files:

  • %System%\drivers\sysdrv32.sys

(Note: %System% is the Windows system folder, which is usually C:\Windows\System on Windows 98 and ME, C:\WINNT\System32 on Windows NT and 2000, or C:\Windows\System32 on Windows XP and Server 2003.)

Other Details

This worm deletes the initially executed copy of itself