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 infección 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

Tamaño del archivo 132,860 bytes
Tipo de archivo ELF
Residente en memoria Yes
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 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

    Motor de exploración mínimo 9.850
    Primer archivo de patrones de VSAPI 16.232.06
    Primera fecha de publicación de patrones de VSAPI 17 Sep 2020
    Versión de patrones OPR de VSAPI 16.233.00
    Fecha de publicación de patrones OPR de VSAPI 18 Sep 2020

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