Technical Information
To ensure autorun and distribution
Creates or modifies the following files
- <SYSTEM32>\tasks\updates\htfxak
Malicious functions
Creates and executes the following (exploit)
- '%APPDATA%\dghut.exe'
Injects code into
the following user processes:
- dghut.exe
Modifies file system
Creates the following files
- %APPDATA%\dghut.exe
- %APPDATA%\htfxak.exe
- %TEMP%\tmpad9.tmp
Sets the 'hidden' attribute to the following files
- %APPDATA%\htfxak.exe
Deletes the following files
- %TEMP%\tmpad9.tmp
Network activity
Connects to
- 'ca####-china.net':80
UDP
- DNS ASK ca####-china.net
Miscellaneous
Creates and executes the following
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\schtasks.exe' /Create /TN "Updates\htfxaK" /XML "%TEMP%\tmpAD9.tmp"' (with hidden window)
Executes the following
- '%CommonProgramFiles%\microsoft shared\equation\eqnedt32.exe' -Embedding
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\schtasks.exe' /Create /TN "Updates\htfxaK" /XML "%TEMP%\tmpAD9.tmp"
