JAVA_ADWIND.JEJOTT
Java/Adwind.WX (ESET)
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.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
1,154,207 bytes
JAR
02 Aug 2016
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 a copy of itself in the following folders using different file names:
- %User Profile%\JDHDjdjhdHSdd\fkfkfJHDSHDgd.fkdihdLKD
(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista and 7.)
It drops and executes the following files:
- %User Temp%\NYdxYINIkY3108010927240480944.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.)
It adds the following processes:
- cmd.exe /c %User Temp%\NYdxYINIkY3108010927240480944.exe -f %User Temp%\mgPAUlXdXk7506812627855498900.txt
- cmd.exe /C cscript.exe %User Temp%\Retrive{random numbers}.vbs
(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.)
It creates the following folders with attributes set to System and Hidden to prevent users from discovering and removing its components:
- %User Profile%\JDHDjdjhdHSdd
(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista and 7.)
Autostart Technique
This Trojan adds the following registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
DKDKudkjd = "%Application Data%\Oracle\bin\javaw.exe" -jar "%User Profile%\JDHDjdjhdHSdd\fkfkfJHDSHDgd.fkdihdLKD"
Dropping Routine
This Trojan drops the following files:
- Drops files:
- %User Temp%\Retrive{random numbers}.vbs
- %System%\test.txt
- %User Profile%\JDHDjdjhdHSdd\ID.txt
- %User Temp%\Windows6033402269128687774.dll
- %User Profile%\JDHDjdjhdHSdd\FDKkdKD\IlOciRpaHN.djmcjkHS
- %User Temp%\NYdxYINIkY3108010927240480944.exe
- %User Temp%\mgPAUlXdXk7506812627855498900.txt
(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.. %System% is the Windows system folder, where it usually is C:\Windows\System32 on all Windows operating system versions.. %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista and 7.)
Other Details
This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:
- {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.217.22:1604