Analysis by: Joshua Paul Ignacio
 ALIASES:

HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b (KASPERSKY); Trojan:Linux/Mirai.AH!MTB (MICROSOFT)

 PLATFORM:

Linux

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

  • Threat Type: Backdoor

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Canal de infecção: 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.

It executes commands from a remote malicious user, effectively compromising the affected system.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tipo de compactação: 132,860 bytes
Tipo de arquivo: ELF
Residente na memória: Yes
Data de recebimento das amostras iniciais: 13 Sep 2020
Carga útil: Launches DoS/DDoS attacks, Others, Terminates processes, Connects to URLs/IPs

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.

Backdoor Routine

This Backdoor executes the following commands from a remote malicious user:

  • Perform various DDoS attack
  • Collecting Bot Information
  • Execute the payload of the specified URL
  • Update the sample from the specified URL
  • Execute system or custom commands

Denial of Service (DoS) Attack

This Backdoor is capable of performing various network denial-of-service (DoS) attacks:

    Process Termination

    This Backdoor terminates the following processes if found running in the affected system's memory:

    • telnetd
    • utelnetd
    • scfgmgr

    Other Details

    This Backdoor does the following:

      SOLUTION

    Mecanismo de varredura mínima: 9.850
    Primeiro arquivo padrão VSAPI: 16.232.06
    Data do lançamento do primeiro padrão VSAPI: 17 Sep 2020
    VSAPI OPR Pattern Version: 16.233.00
    VSAPI OPR Pattern veröffentlicht am: 18 Sep 2020

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