Analysis by: Henry Alarcon Jr.
ALIASES:

N/A

 PLATFORM:

Linux

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

  • Threat Type: Backdoor

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel: Downloaded from the Internet

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

It executes commands from a remote malicious user, effectively compromising the affected system. It connects to a website to send and receive information.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 1,342,085 bytes
File Type: ELF
File Compression: UPX
Memory Resident: Yes
Initial Samples Received Date: 04 Sep 2019
Payload: Connects to URLs/IPs

Arrival Details

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

Backdoor Routine

This Backdoor executes the following commands from a remote malicious user:

  • Send the content of the following files:
    • /usr/include/olog.h.h

It connects to the following websites to send and receive information:

  • info.{BLOCKED}talk.tk
  • info.{BLOCKED}let.tk

Other Details

This Backdoor does the following:

  • It checks for the presence of the following files:
    • /usr/include/olog.h
    • If the file exists, it will execute the following commands:
      • cat /usr/include/olog.h |sort|uniq > /usr/include/.tmp
      • cat /usr/include/ilog.h |sort|uniq > /usr/include/.tmp
      • then creates the following copies of it into the affected system and restore to its last modified time stamp:
        • /usr/include/olog.h.h
        • /usr/include/ilog.h.h
        • finally deletes the following files:
          • /usr/include/olog.h
          • /usr/include/ilog.h
          • /usr/include/.tmp
    • modify by adding the file:
      • /usr/include/ilog.h

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 15.344.08
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 04 Sep 2019
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 15.345.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 05 Sep 2019

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