TROJ_FAKEMS.DXN

 Analysis by: Cris Nowell Pantanilla

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • 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 requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

65,024 bytes

File Type:

DLL

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

04 May 2015

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 adds the following mutexes to ensure that only one of its copies runs at any one time:

  • Ace123dx

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.4.40

It requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

It checks for the presence of the following process(es):

  • Navapsvc.exe
  • ccSvcHst.exe
  • KAVsvc.exe
  • RAVmonD.exe
  • zhudongfangyu.exe
  • avp.exe
  • Trend
  • TmPfw.exe
  • NOD32
  • ekrn.exe
  • avguard.exe

NOTES:

This Trojan is capable of the following:

  • Get system information
  • Log keystrokes
  • Get stored credentials
  • Execute files
  • Execute commands
  • Manipulate files