Technical Information
To ensure autorun and distribution
Modifies the following registry keys
- [HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] 'PowerShell' = '%HOMEPATH%\PowerShell'
Creates or modifies the following files
- <SYSTEM32>\tasks\powershell
- %APPDATA%\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\startup\powershell.lnk
Creates the following files on removable media
- <Drive name for removable media>:\usb.exe
- <Drive name for removable media>:\scan.mov.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\13.jpg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\region-north-karelia.jpg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\pushkin.jpg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\2.jpg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\1189.jpg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\etc6_m_1.mov.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\4f0bf7ff71f28.jpg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\210252809.jpeg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\pushkin.jpeg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\13.jpeg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\2.jpeg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\3.jpeg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\region-north-karelia.jpeg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\168.jpg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\clip_480_5sec_6mbps_h264.mp4.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\clip_1080_5sec_10mbps_h264.mp4.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\7790_preview.pdf.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\accountsreceivable.ppt.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\ppswamp.ppt.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\sim_gametheory_to_finance.ppt.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\file1.ppt.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\mappingconcepthubberlin.ppt.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\proposaltemplates.ppt.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\asm.png.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\dissolveanother.png.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\bg_search_box.png.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\cleanlyrics.png.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\calibre.png.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\irgeek.pem.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\bc01.pdf.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\dualectls.pdf.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\10thingscondoms.pdf.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\4f0bf7ff71f28.jpeg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\stoc13_ml_quoc_le.pptx.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\168.jpeg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\adadsi.html.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\hanni_umami_chapter.doc.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\508softwareandos.doc.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\ovp25012015.doc.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\february_catalogue__2015.doc.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\weeklysheet1215.doc.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\uep_form_786_bulletin_1726i602.doc.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\sdszfo.docx.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\testcertificate.cer.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\sdksampleprivdeveloper.cer.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\toolbar.bmp.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\tileimage.bmp.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\dashborder_192.bmp.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\dashborder_120.bmp.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\archer.avi.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\testee.cer.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\holycrosschurchinstructions.docx.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\thlps_keeper_mayer_1965.docx.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\file_p_00000000_1371597592.docx.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\browse.html.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\tree_view.html.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\about.html.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\ituneshelpunavailable.html.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\iisstart.htm.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\alert.htm.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\garden.htm.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\ituneshelpunavailable.htm.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\wrar520.exe.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\dotnetfx45_full_setup.exe.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\jre-7u75-windows-i586-iftw.exe.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\winmine.exe.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\tcm851ax32.exe.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\aoc_saq_d_v3_merchant.docx.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\adhd_and_obesity.docx.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\1189.jpeg.lnk
- <Drive name for removable media>:\waterresourcesag.pptx.lnk
Malicious functions
To complicate detection of its presence in the operating system,
adds antivirus exclusion:
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath '%WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe'
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'aspnet_compiler.exe'
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath '%HOMEPATH%\PowerShell'
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'PowerShell'
Injects code into
the following system processes:
- %WINDIR%\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe
Modifies file system
Creates the following files
- %HOMEPATH%\powershell
Sets the 'hidden' attribute to the following files
- <Drive name for removable media>:\usb.exe
Network activity
UDP
- DNS ASK ip##pi.com
Miscellaneous
Creates and executes the following
- '%HOMEPATH%\powershell'
Executes the following
- '%WINDIR%\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe'
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\schtasks.exe' /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "PowerShell" /tr "%HOMEPATH%\PowerShell"
- '<SYSTEM32>\taskeng.exe' {86EC6778-A060-4661-9A47-4AA4D2EBCDB9} S-1-5-21-3691498038-2086406363-2140527554-1000:xdtvhfoidb\user:Interactive:[1]
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath '%WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe'' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'aspnet_compiler.exe'' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath '%HOMEPATH%\PowerShell'' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'PowerShell'' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\schtasks.exe' /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "PowerShell" /tr "%HOMEPATH%\PowerShell"' (with hidden window)
- '%HOMEPATH%\powershell' ' (with hidden window)
