Technical Information
To ensure autorun and distribution
Modifies the following registry keys
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] 'Windows Update' = '%APPDATA%\WindowsUpdate.exe'
Creates the following files on removable media
- <Drive name for removable media>:\autorun.inf
- <Drive name for removable media>:\sys.exe
Malicious functions
To complicate detection of its presence in the operating system,
forces the system hide from view:
- hidden files
Injects code into
the following system processes:
- %WINDIR%\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
Searches for registry branches where third party applications store passwords
- [<HKCU>\Software\Google\Google Talk\Accounts]
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager\Accounts]
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts]
- [<HKCU>\Identities\{91255D00-95D9-49F5-8E84-7C027F5283B7}\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager\Accounts]
- [<HKCU>\Identities\{91255D00-95D9-49F5-8E84-7C027F5283B7}\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts]
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger]
- [<HKCU>\Software\Yahoo\Pager]
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\IdentityCRL]
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail]
Modifies file system
Creates the following files
- %TEMP%\sysinfo.txt
- %APPDATA%\windows update.exe
- %APPDATA%\pid.txt
- %APPDATA%\pidloc.txt
- %APPDATA%\windowsupdate.exe
- %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\microsoft\vault\ac658cb4-9126-49bd-b877-31eedab3f204\policy.vpol
- %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\microsoft\vault\ac658cb4-9126-49bd-b877-31eedab3f204\3ccd5499-87a8-4b10-a215-608888dd3b55.vsch
- %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\microsoft\vault\ac658cb4-9126-49bd-b877-31eedab3f204\2f1a6504-0641-44cf-8bb5-3612d865f2e5.vsch
- %LOCALAPPDATA%\microsoft\vault\4bf4c442-9b8a-41a0-b380-dd4a704ddb28\policy.vpol
Sets the 'hidden' attribute to the following files
- <Drive name for removable media>:\autorun.inf
- <Drive name for removable media>:\sys.exe
Deletes itself.
Network activity
TCP
HTTP GET requests
- http://wh#####yipaddress.com/
UDP
- DNS ASK wh#####yipaddress.com
- DNS ASK sm##.gmail.com
Miscellaneous
Creates and executes the following
- '%APPDATA%\windows update.exe'
Executes the following
- '%WINDIR%\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe' /stext "%TEMP%\holdermail.txt"
- '%WINDIR%\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe' /stext "%TEMP%\holderwb.txt"
