Analysis by: Jasen Sumalapao

ALIASES:

Backdoor:Win32/Remosh.gen!A (Microsoft), Trojan.Gen (Symantec), Gen:Trojan.Heur.FU.bqW@a8UY8zdi (FSecure), TR/Dropper.Gen (Antivir), Gen:Trojan.Heur.FU.bqW@a8UY8zdi (Bitdefender), PUA.Win32.Packer.SetupExeSection (Clamav), Win32/Agent.PGE trojan (NOD32), Suspicious file (Panda), TrojanDropper.Agent.fsix (VBA32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

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

  • Threat Type: Backdoor

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This backdoor may be dropped by other malware. It may be manually installed by a user.

It uses common file icons to trick a user into thinking that the files are legitimate.

It deletes itself after execution.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 26,624 bytes
Tipo de archivo EXE
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 12 Sep 2012

Arrival Details

This backdoor may be dropped by the following malware:

  • SWF_DROPPER.BD

It may be manually installed by a user.

Installation

This backdoor drops the following component file(s):

  • %System%\recycler32.dll

(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.)

Its DLL component is injected to the following process(es):

  • svchost.exe

It uses common file icons to trick a user into thinking that the files are legitimate.

Autostart Technique

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

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\6to4
ImagePath = %systemroot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

Other System Modifications

This backdoor adds the following registry entries as part of its installation routine:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\6to4\Parameters
ServiceDll = %System%\recycler32.dll

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\6to4\Security
Security = {random value}

Other Details

This backdoor deletes itself after execution.