Trojan.MacOS.SLISP.A

February 23, 2021
 Analysis by: Thea Patrice Tajonera
 ALIASES:

Trojan.OSX.SilverSparrow (IKARUS)

 PLATFORM:

OSX

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware


This Trojan may be unknowingly downloaded by a user while visiting malicious websites.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

54403 bytes

File Type:

Other

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

22 Feb 2021

Payload:

Connects to URLs/IPs, Drops files, Steals information

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be unknowingly downloaded by a user while visiting malicious websites.

Installation

This Trojan adds the following folders:

  • /Users/scbox/Library/Application Support/agent_updater

Dropping Routine

This Trojan drops the following files:

  • ~/Library/LaunchAgents/init_agent.plist -> persistence for agent.sh
  • ~/Library/Application Support/agent_updater/agent.sh -> detected as Trojan.SH.SLISP

Download Routine

This Trojan connects to the following website(s) to download and execute a malicious file:

  • https://mobiletraits.s3.{BLOCKED}aws.com/version.json

Information Theft

This Trojan gathers the following data:

  • Query String:
    • sqlite3 /Users/scbox/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV2 select LSQuarantineDataURLString from LSQuarantineEvent where LSQuarantineDataURLString like \"%stu=3c55805%\" order by LSQuarantineTimeStamp desc

Stolen Information

This Trojan sends the gathered information via HTTP POST to the following URL:

  • http://api.{BLOCKED}traits.com/pkl

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • mobiletraits.s3.{BLOCKED}aws.com
  • s3-1-w.{BLOKCED}aws.com
  • api.{BLOCKED}traits.com

It does the following:

  • This malware is a pkg file (updater.pkg) that contains malicious pre-install scripts inside the Distribution.xml file -> detected as Trojan.XML.SLISP.A
  • The Distribution.xml file contains javascript codes to run system commands and does the routine:
    • Creates file init_agent.plist
    • Creates file agent.sh
    • Downloads version.plist
    • Run init_agent.plist
    • agent.sh downloads and runs its payload
    • Query Download Data
  • Init_agent.plist calls agent.sh every hour
  • The url that agent.sh downloads is dependent from another downloaded file from https://mobiletraits.s3.{BLOCKED}aws.com/version.json and is stored in /tmp/version.json
  • The .pkg file will also execute the bystander binaries file

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

10.000

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

16.557.00

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

23 Feb 2021

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

16.557.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

23 Feb 2021

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