Technical Information
To ensure autorun and distribution
Modifies the following registry keys
- [<HKCU>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce] 'FulmHUaeseEB' = '%WINDIR%\Resources\Themes\aero\Shell\qkYBmzCIyxquDNVwRUVSCSr\svchost.exe'
Creates or modifies the following files
- %APPDATA%\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\startup\fulmhuaeseeb.exe
Malicious functions
To complicate detection of its presence in the operating system,
blocks the following features:
- User Account Control (UAC)
adds antivirus exclusion with following registry keys:
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths] '<Full path to file>' = '00000000'
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths] '%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\FulmHUaeseEB.exe' = '00000000'
- [<HKLM>\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths] '%WINDIR%\Resources\Themes\aero\Shell\qkYBmzCIyxquDNVwRUVSCSr\svchost.exe' = '00000000'
Injects code into
the following user processes:
- fulmhuaeseeb.exe
Modifies file system
Creates the following files
- %LOCALAPPDATA%\cduvzagp\<File name>.exe_url_1t32vr2mxyila50a04wwcoqnmiyl154p\8.703.824.342\ci5izkbf.newcfg
- %WINDIR%\resources\themes\aero\shell\qkybmzciyxqudnvwruvscsr\svchost.exe
- %LOCALAPPDATA%\cduvzagp\fulmhuaeseeb.exe_url_cip1p0g24qxsjfg2kkitxixrrulhw0zs\8.703.824.342\ghjww33f.newcfg
Moves the following files
- from %LOCALAPPDATA%\cduvzagp\<File name>.exe_url_1t32vr2mxyila50a04wwcoqnmiyl154p\8.703.824.342\ci5izkbf.newcfg to %LOCALAPPDATA%\cduvzagp\<File name>.exe_url_1t32vr2mxyila50a04wwcoqnmiyl154p\8.703.824.342\user.config
- from %LOCALAPPDATA%\cduvzagp\fulmhuaeseeb.exe_url_cip1p0g24qxsjfg2kkitxixrrulhw0zs\8.703.824.342\ghjww33f.newcfg to %LOCALAPPDATA%\cduvzagp\fulmhuaeseeb.exe_url_cip1p0g24qxsjfg2kkitxixrrulhw0zs\8.703.824.342\user.config
Network activity
Connects to
- 'microsoft.com':80
- 'as###wdwqx.gq':80
TCP
HTTP GET requests
- http://as###wdwqx.gq/liverpool-fc-news/features/steven-gerrard-liverpool-future-dalglish--goal-A8DBD5B040DB5405A655876B8B321043.html
- http://as###wdwqx.gq/liverpool-fc-news/features/steven-gerrard-liverpool-future-dalglish--goal-E605B6C9826FFAFDD6E622A660B7F5DA.html
UDP
- DNS ASK microsoft.com
- DNS ASK as###wdwqx.gq
Miscellaneous
Creates and executes the following
- '%APPDATA%\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\startup\fulmhuaeseeb.exe'
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "%WINDIR%\Resources\Themes\aero\Shell\qkYBmzCIyxquDNVwRUVSCSr\svchost.exe" -Force
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "<Full path to file>" -Force' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\FulmHUaeseEB.exe" -Force' (with hidden window)
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "%WINDIR%\Resources\Themes\aero\Shell\qkYBmzCIyxquDNVwRUVSCSr\svchost.exe" -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 "<Full path to file>" -Force
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\FulmHUaeseEB.exe" -Force
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "%WINDIR%\Resources\Themes\aero\Shell\qkYBmzCIyxquDNVwRUVSCSr\svchost.exe" -Force
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\cmd.exe' /c timeout 1
- '%WINDIR%\syswow64\timeout.exe' 1
