Technical Information
To ensure autorun and distribution
Sets the following service settings
- [HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\eplobqex] 'Start' = '00000002'
- [HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\eplobqex] 'ImagePath' = '%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\eplobqex\vktgszlo.exe /d"<Full path to file>"'
- [HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eplobqex] 'ImagePath' = '%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\eplobqex\vktgszlo.exe'
Creates the following services
- 'eplobqex' %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\eplobqex\vktgszlo.exe /d"<Full path to file>"
- 'eplobqex' %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\eplobqex\vktgszlo.exe
Malicious functions
To complicate detection of its presence in the operating system,
adds antivirus exclusion with following registry keys:
- [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths] '%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\eplobqex' = '00000000'
Executes the following
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\netsh.exe' advfirewall firewall add rule name="Host-process for services of Windows" dir=in action=allow program="%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\svchost.exe" enable=yes>nul
Injects code into
the following system processes:
- %WINDIR%\syswow64\svchost.exe
Modifies file system
Creates the following files
- %TEMP%\vktgszlo.exe
- %WINDIR%\syswow64\config\systemprofile:.repos
Moves the following files
- from %TEMP%\vktgszlo.exe to %WINDIR%\syswow64\eplobqex\vktgszlo.exe
Deletes itself.
Network activity
Connects to
- 'va##heim.cn':443
- 'we###diassp.com':443
- '62.#6.20.30':25
- 'i.###tagram.com':443
- 'lo###.gmx.net':443
- 't.#e':443
- '47.#3.18.12':993
- 'lo###.live.com':443
- 'ou####k.live.com':443
- 'ou####k.live.com':80
- 'google.com':80
- '18#.#.214.51':423
- '18#.#.214.50':423
- '18#.#47.125.147':423
- '19#.143.1.5':423
- '18#.#47.125.146':423
- '45.##3.201.238':423
- '18#.#47.125.145':423
- '18#.#.214.57':487
- 'mi##########m.mail.protection.outlook.com':25
- 'm.###tube.com':443
- '12#.#26.45.161':587
TCP
HTTP GET requests
- http://www.google.com/
- http://ou####k.live.com/owa/?nl###
Other
- 'va##heim.cn':443
- '18#.#.214.57':487
- '18#.#47.125.145':423
- '18#.#47.125.146':423
- '19#.143.1.5':423
- '18#.#47.125.147':423
- '18#.#.214.50':423
- '18#.#.214.51':423
- '45.##3.201.238':423
- 'ou####k.live.com':443
- 'lo###.live.com':443
- '47.#3.18.12':993
- 't.#e':443
- '62.#6.20.30':25
- 'we###diassp.com':443
- 'm.###tube.com':443
UDP
- DNS ASK va##heim.cn
- DNS ASK i.###tagram.com
- DNS ASK lo###.gmx.net
- DNS ASK 13#.###.#00.176.in-addr.arpa
- DNS ASK t.#e
- DNS ASK lo###.live.com
- DNS ASK 13#.###.#00.176.cbl.abuseat.org
- DNS ASK we###diassp.com
- DNS ASK 13#.###.###.176.sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
- DNS ASK ou####k.live.com
- DNS ASK google.com
- DNS ASK 13#.###.#00.176.bl.spamcop.net
- DNS ASK 13#.###.#00.176.dnsbl.sorbs.net
- DNS ASK 10#.###.173.46.in-addr.arpa
- DNS ASK mi##########m.mail.protection.outlook.com
- DNS ASK 13#.###.##0.176.zen.spamhaus.org
- DNS ASK m.###tube.com
Miscellaneous
Creates and executes the following
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\eplobqex\vktgszlo.exe' /d"<Full path to file>"
Executes the following
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\cmd.exe' /C mkdir %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\eplobqex\
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\cmd.exe' /C move /Y "%TEMP%\vktgszlo.exe" %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\eplobqex\
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\sc.exe' create eplobqex binPath= "%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\eplobqex\vktgszlo.exe /d\"<Full path to file>\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\sc.exe' description eplobqex "wifi internet conection"
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\sc.exe' start eplobqex
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\svchost.exe'
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\cmd.exe' /C mkdir %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\eplobqex\' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\cmd.exe' /C move /Y "%TEMP%\vktgszlo.exe" %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\eplobqex\' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\sc.exe' create eplobqex binPath= "%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\eplobqex\vktgszlo.exe /d\"<Full path to file>\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\sc.exe' description eplobqex "wifi internet conection"' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\sc.exe' start eplobqex' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\netsh.exe' advfirewall firewall add rule name="Host-process for services of Windows" dir=in action=allow program="%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\svchost.exe" enable=yes>nul' (with hidden window)
