Technical Information
To ensure autorun and distribution
Modifies the following registry keys
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce] 'LSOeZicpqi' = '%WINDIR%\Cursors\tSICFGTzjOtzrFaBKpgRMBnKX\svchost.exe'
Malicious functions
To complicate detection of its presence in the operating system,
adds antivirus exclusion with following registry keys:
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths] '%WINDIR%\Cursors\tSICFGTzjOtzrFaBKpgRMBnKX\svchost.exe' = '00000000'
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths] '<Full path to file>' = '00000000'
Modifies file system
Creates the following files
- %LOCALAPPDATA%\uwehcrpcshjtizmsekfesjbdy\<File name>.exe_url_vzp4vscsynefmvct1wvwaljjfwp4stnc\6.410.504.109\ymguxbbg.newcfg
- %WINDIR%\cursors\tsicfgtzjotzrfabkpgrmbnkx\svchost.exe
Moves the following files
- from %LOCALAPPDATA%\uwehcrpcshjtizmsekfesjbdy\<File name>.exe_url_vzp4vscsynefmvct1wvwaljjfwp4stnc\6.410.504.109\ymguxbbg.newcfg to %LOCALAPPDATA%\uwehcrpcshjtizmsekfesjbdy\<File name>.exe_url_vzp4vscsynefmvct1wvwaljjfwp4stnc\6.410.504.109\user.config
Network activity
Connects to
- 'microsoft.com':80
TCP
HTTP GET requests
- http://as###wdwqx.gq/liverpool-fc-news/features/steven-gerrard-liverpool-future-dalglish--goal-D76FE73EA13A50471E79D482D0627185.html
- http://as###wdwqx.gq/liverpool-fc-news/features/steven-gerrard-liverpool-future-dalglish--goal-B1C344B5EF732A1A919B555FD6227A0F.html
UDP
- DNS ASK microsoft.com
- DNS ASK as###wdwqx.gq
Miscellaneous
Creates and executes the following
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "%WINDIR%\Cursors\tSICFGTzjOtzrFaBKpgRMBnKX\svchost.exe" -Force' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "<Full path to file>" -Force' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\cmd.exe' /c timeout 1' (with hidden window)
Executes the following
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "%WINDIR%\Cursors\tSICFGTzjOtzrFaBKpgRMBnKX\svchost.exe" -Force
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "<Full path to file>" -Force
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\cmd.exe' /c timeout 1
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\timeout.exe' 1
