Worm/Mytob.NT - Worm

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Virus:	Worm/Mytob.NT
Date discovered:	12/07/2006
Type:	Worm
In the wild:	Yes
Reported Infections:	Low
Distribution Potential:	Medium to high
Damage Potential:	Medium
Static file:	No
File size:	> 48.000 Bytes
VDF version:	6.34.00.152
IVDF version:	6.35.00.191

General Methods of propagation:
   • Email
   • Local network

Aliases:
   • Symantec: W32.Mytob.AG@mm
   • Kaspersky: Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.u
   • Sophos: W32/MyDoom-AJ
   • Grisoft: I-Worm/Mytob.AA
   • Bitdefender: Win32.Worm.Mytob.AC

Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 95
   • Windows 98
   • Windows 98 SE
   • Windows NT
   • Windows ME
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003

Side effects:
   • Blocks access to certain websites
   • Blocks access to security websites
   • Uses its own Email engine
   • Registry modification
   • Makes use of software vulnerability
   • Third party control

Files It copies itself to the following locations:
   • %SYSDIR%\rnathchk.exe
   • c:\pic.scr
   • c:\see_this!.pif
   • c:\my_picture.scr

It copies itself within an archive to the following location:
   • %TEMPDIR%\tmp%hex number%.tmp

The following files are created:

– A file that is for temporary use and it might be deleted afterwards:
   • %TEMPDIR%\tmp%hex number%.tmp

Registry The following registry keys are continuously in an infinite loop added in order to run the processes after reboot.

– [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices]
   • "RealPlayer Ath Check"="rnathchk.exe"

– [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
   • "RealPlayer Ath Check"="rnathchk.exe"

– [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
   • "RealPlayer Ath Check"="rnathchk.exe"

The following registry keys are added:

– [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE]
   • "RealPlayer Ath Check"="rnathchk.exe"

– [HKCU\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa]
   • "RealPlayer Ath Check"="rnathchk.exe"

– [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole]
   • "RealPlayer Ath Check"="rnathchk.exe"

– [HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa]
   • "RealPlayer Ath Check"="rnathchk.exe"

Email It contains an integrated SMTP engine in order to send emails. A direct connection with the destination server will be established. The characteristics are described in the following:

From:
The sender address is spoofed.

To:
– Email addresses found in specific files on the system.
– Email addresses gathered from WAB (Windows Address Book)
– Generated addresses

Subject:
One of the following:
   • Error
   • Good day
   • Hello
   • Mail Delivery System
   • Mail Transaction Failed
   • Server Report
   • Status

In some cases the subject might also be empty.
Furthermore the subject line could contain random letters.

Body:
– In some cases it may contain random characters.

The body of the email is one of the lines:
   • The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment.
   • Mail transaction failed. Partial message is available.
   • Here are your banks documents.
   • The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.
   • The original message was included as an attachment.

Attachment:
The filename of the attachment is one of the following:
   • body.zip
   • message.zip
   • test.zip
   • data.zip
   • file.zip
   • text.zip
   • doc.zip
   • readme.zip
   • document.zip
   • %random character string%.zip

The attachment is an archive containing a copy of the malware itself.

The email may look like one of the following:

Mailing Search addresses:
It searches the following files for email addresses:
   • wab
   • adb
   • tbb
   • dbx
   • asp
   • php
   • sht
   • htm
   • txt
   • tmp

Address generation for TO field:
To generate addresses it uses the following strings:
   • sandra; lolita; britney; bush; linda; julie; jimmy; jerry; helen;
      debby; claudia; brenda; anna; madmax; brent; adam; ted; fred; jack;
      bill; stan; smith; steve; matt; dave; dan; joe; jane; bob; robert;
      peter; tom; ray; mary; serg; brian; jim; maria; leo; jose; andrew;
      sam; george; david; kevin; mike; james; michael; alex; john

It combines the result with domains that were found in files, which were previously searched for addresses.

Avoid addresses:
It does not send emails to addresses containing one of the following strings:
   • accoun; certific; listserv; ntivi; support; icrosoft; admin; page;
      the.bat; gold-certs; feste; submit; not; help; service; privacy;
      somebody; soft; contact; site; rating; bugs; you; your; someone;
      anyone; nothing; nobody; noone; webmaster; postmaster; samples; info;
      root; mozilla; utgers.ed; tanford.e; pgp; acketst; secur; isc.o;
      isi.e; ripe.; arin.; sendmail; rfc-ed; ietf; iana; usenet; fido;
      linux; kernel; google; ibm.com; fsf.; gnu; mit.e; bsd; math; unix;
      berkeley; foo.; .mil; gov.; .gov; ruslis; nodomai; mydomai; example;
      inpris; borlan; sopho; panda; icrosof; syma; avp; .edu; -._!; -._!@;
      abuse; www; be_loyal:

Prepend MX strings:
In order to get the IP address of the mail server it has the ability to prepend the following strings to the domain name:
   • gate.
   • ns.
   • relay.
   • mail1.
   • mxs.
   • mx1.
   • smtp.
   • mail.
   • mx.

Network Infection In order to ensure its propagation the malware attemps to connect to other machines as described below.

Exploit:
It makes use of the following Exploit:
– MS04-011 (LSASS Vulnerability)

IP address generation:
It creates random IP addresses while it keeps the first two octets from its own address. Afterwards it tries to establish a connection with the created addresses.

Infection process:
Creates an FTP script on the compromised machine in order to download the malware to the remote location.
The downloaded file is stored on the compromised machine as: %SYSDIR%\wtfhe.exe

IRC To deliver system information and to provide remote control it connects to the following IRC Server:

Server: spm.slo-par**********
Port: 48275
Server password: 57248
Channel: #hb2
Nickname: [I]%random character string%
Password: sp4m

– This malware has the ability to collect and send the following information:
    • Malware uptime

– Furthermore it has the ability to perform actions such as:
    • Download file
    • Execute file
    • Updates itself

Hosts The host file is modified as explained:

– In this case already existing entries remain unmodified.

– Access to the following domains is effectively blocked:
   • www.symantec.com; securityresponse.symantec.com; symantec.com;
      www.sophos.com; sophos.com; www.mcafee.com; mcafee.com;
      liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com; www.viruslist.com; viruslist.com;
      viruslist.com; f-secure.com; www.f-secure.com; kaspersky.com;
      www.avp.com; www.kaspersky.com; avp.com; www.networkassociates.com;
      networkassociates.com; www.ca.com; ca.com; mast.mcafee.com;
      my-etrust.com; www.my-etrust.com; download.mcafee.com;
      dispatch.mcafee.com; secure.nai.com; nai.com; www.nai.com;
      update.symantec.com; updates.symantec.com; us.mcafee.com;
      liveupdate.symantec.com; customer.symantec.com; rads.mcafee.com;
      trendmicro.com; www.microsoft.com; www.trendmicro.com;
      metalhead2005.info; irc.blackcarder.net; d66.myleftnut.info

The modified host file will look like this:

Backdoor The following port is opened:

– rnathchk.exe on TCP port 36276 in order to provide an FTP server.

Miscellaneous Mutex:
It creates the following Mutex:
• I_FUCK_DEAD_PPL

File details Programming language:
The malware program was written in MS Visual C++.

Runtime packer:
In order to aggravate detection and reduce size of the file it is packed with a runtime packer.

See a brief description here.

Inserted by Andrei Ivanes on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:11 (GMT+1)
Updated by Andrei Ivanes on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:40 (GMT+1)

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