Analysis by: David John Agni
ALIASES:

ELF/Filecoder.A (F-Prot), Trojan-Ransom.Linux.Cryptor.a (Kaspersky), Linux/Ransm-C (Sophos)

 PLATFORM:

Unix, 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: Dropped by other malware, 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: 278,198 bytes
File Type: ELF
Memory Resident: Yes
Initial Samples Received Date: 09 Nov 2015
Payload: Encrypts files

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 the following non-malicious files:

  • README_FOR_DECRYPT.txt - to all folders where files are encrypted.

Other Details

This Trojan encrypts files with the following extensions:

  • .php
  • .html
  • .tar
  • .gz
  • .sql
  • .js
  • .css
  • .pdf
  • .tgz
  • .war
  • .jar
  • .java
  • .class
  • .ruby
  • .rar
  • .zip
  • .db
  • .7z
  • .doc
  • .pdf
  • .xls
  • .properties
  • .xml
  • .jpg
  • .jpeg
  • .png
  • .gif
  • .mov
  • .avi
  • .wmv
  • .mp3
  • .mp4
  • .wma
  • .aac
  • .wav
  • .pem
  • .pub
  • .docx
  • .apk
  • .exe
  • .dll
  • .tpl
  • .psd
  • .asp
  • .phtml
  • .aspx
  • .csv

It opens the following files:

  • ./readme.crypto - Contains data to be written in README_FOR_DECRYPT.txt
  • ./index.crypto

It renames encrypted files using the following names:

  • {Filename}.encrypted

NOTES:

It initially encrypt files found in the following directories:

  • /home
  • /root
  • /var/lib/mysql
  • /var/www
  • /etc/nginx
  • /etc/apache2
  • /var/log

It avoids encrypting files within the following directories:

  • /
  • /root/.ssh

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.800
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 12.141.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 10 Nov 2015

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