Analysis by: RonJay Kristoffer Caragay
ALIASES:

a variant of Win32/PSWTool.MailPassView.E application (NOD32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Spyware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This spyware may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It does not have any propagation routine.

It does not have any backdoor routine.

It does not have any downloading capability.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 249,952 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 14 Oct 2014

Arrival Details

This spyware may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

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

Propagation

This spyware does not have any propagation routine.

Backdoor Routine

This spyware does not have any backdoor routine.

Download Routine

This spyware does not have any downloading capability.

Information Theft

This spyware accepts the following parameters:

  • /stext → saves gathered information with text file format
  • /shtml → saves gathered information with HTML file format with horizontal view
  • /sverhtml → saves gathered information with HTML file format with vertical view
  • /sxml → saves gathered information with XML file format
  • /stab → saves gathered information with tab delimited text file format
  • /scomma → saves gathered information with comma delimited text file format
  • /stabular → saves gathered information with tabular text file format
  • /skeepass → saves gathered information with csv file format
  • /savelangfile → save its configuration file as {malware path and filename}_lng.ini
  • /deleteregkey → deletes registry key
  • /noloadsettings → no settings
  • /nosort → not sorted
  • /sort → sort via specified data

It gathers the following data:

  • Name
  • Application
  • Email
  • Server
  • Server Port
  • Secured
  • Type
  • User
  • Password
  • Profile
  • Password Strength
  • SMTP Server
  • SMTP Server Port

It attempts to steal stored email credentials from the following:

  • Outlook Express
  • IncrediMail
  • Eudora
  • Group Mail Free
  • MS Outlook
  • MS Outlook 2002/2003/2007/2010
  • Gmail
  • Hotmail/MSN
  • Yahoo! Mail
  • Netscape Mail
  • Thunderbird
  • Google Desktop
  • Windows Mail
  • Windows Live Mail
  • Outlook 2013

Stolen Information

This spyware saves the stolen information in the following file:

  • {specified path and filename} → specified path and filename by the user or attacker through parameter

NOTES:

It attempts to steal stored information used in the following protocols:

  • POP3
  • IMAP
  • HTTP
  • SMTP
  • NNTP

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.700
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 11.210.03
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 14 Oct 2014
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 11.211.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 15 Oct 2014

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.

Step 3

Search and delete these files

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  • {malware path and filename}_lng.ini

Step 4

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TSPY_PASSVIEW.BM. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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