Analysis by: Mc Justine De Guzman
ALIASES:

MacOS:Miner-EZ [PUP] (AVAST)

 PLATFORM:

MacOS

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

  • Threat Type: Potentially Unwanted Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Potentially Unwanted Application 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: 4,789,428 bytes
File Type: Mach-O
Memory Resident: Yes
Initial Samples Received Date: 09 Mar 2022

Arrival Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Other Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application does the following:

  • This file is a copy of xmrig 6.3.3 command-line binary for mac systems
  • It accepts the following parameters:
    • -o or --url={URL} -> URL of mining server
    • -a or --algo={ALGO} -> mining algorithm
    • --coin={COIN} -> specify coin to be mined
    • -u or --user={USERNAME} -> username for mining server
    • -p or --pass={PASSWORD} -> password for mining server
    • -c or --config={FILE} -> load a JSON-format configuration file
    • -B or --background -> run the miner in the background

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.800
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 1.616.00
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 13 Jul 2021
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 1.616.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 13 Jul 2021

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