BKDR_POISON.BQG

 Analysis by: Anthony Joe Melgarejo

 ALIASES:

Backdoor:Win32/Poison.E (Microsoft), Troj/Agent-AAOG (Sophos), W32/Trojan2.NUYP (F-Prot), Trojan.Downloader.Agent.ZCR (Bitdefender), W32/Poison.FOGP!tr.bdr (Fortinet), Virus.Win32.Poison.DE (Ikarus), Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon.dguz (VBA32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)

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

  • Threat Type: Backdoor

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Spammed via email, Dropped by other malware

This backdoor arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users. It may be dropped by other malware.

It executes commands from a remote malicious user, effectively compromising the affected system. It connects to a website to send and receive information.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

37,888 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

08 Mar 2013

Payload:

Collects system information, Connects to URLs/IPs, Logs keystrokes

Arrival Details

This backdoor arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

It may be dropped by other malware.

Installation

This backdoor drops the following copies of itself into the affected system:

  • %Application Data%\conime.exe

(Note: %Application Data% is the current user's Application Data folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Application Data on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming on Windows Vista and 7.)

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

  • !*YGA.14

Backdoor Routine

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

  • Send system information (Lan IP, Wan IP, Computer name, Username, Account Type, OS)
  • Send hardware information (CPU speed, Memory)
  • Manage Files (Search, Download, Upload, Execute, Rename, Delete)
  • Manage Registries (Search, Modify, Delete, Rename, Create)
  • Manage Processes (View, Kill, Suspend, Unload Module)
  • Manage Services (View, Start, Stop, Edit, Install, Uninstall)
  • Manage Devices (View, Enable, Disable, Remove)
  • Manage Windows
  • Relay server
  • View,copy and uninstall applications
  • View active ports
  • Perform a shell command
  • Download and inject remote codes to legitimate processes
  • Log keystrokes and active window
  • Capture screenshots
  • View webcam activity
  • Listen to microphone audio
  • Update, Uninstall, Restart the malware
  • Retrieve cached passwords and hashes

It connects to the following websites to send and receive information:

  • {BLOCKED}oftupdate.{BLOCKED}ser.com

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.300

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

9.774.07

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

08 Mar 2013

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

9.775.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

08 Mar 2013

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Identify and terminate files detected as BKDR_POISON.BQG

[ Learn More ]
  1. Windows Task Manager may not display all running processes. In this case, please use a third-party process viewer, preferably Process Explorer, to terminate the malware/grayware/spyware file. You may download the said tool here.
  2. If the detected file is displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer but you cannot delete it, restart your computer in safe mode. To do this, refer to this link for the complete steps.
  3. If the detected file is not displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer, continue doing the next steps.

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as BKDR_POISON.BQG. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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