MS06-040 and Related Malware

The Internet Storm Center has a nice write-up with links regarding MS06-040 and the malware related to exploits of this vulnerability. Currently, there are mainly two bots that take advantage of this vulnerability:

MD5 FILENAME
9928a1e6601cf00d0b7826d13fb556f0 wgareg.exe
2bf2a4f0bdac42f4d6f8a062a7206797 wgavm.exe

With the help of our sandbox, it is possible to get a quick analysis of both of them. You can find this analysis at wgareg.exe-cwsandbox.html (or for the XML output: wgareg.exe-cwsandbox.xml) and wgavm.exe-cwsandbox.html (XML: wgavm.exe-cwsandbox.xml). CWSandbox is able to extract enough information to get a first insight of what the binaries do. The main IRC server used for Command & Control is revealed (bniu.househot.com), together with information about nick- and username.

In addition, we have also now a system to keep track of AV signatures in different AV engines (thanks to Jan Göbel for implementing most parts of it during his thesis!). This allows us to track when a certain AV engine has added signatures to detect a new binary. Below you can find a sample output for wgareg.exe:

Virus scanner analysis for MD5 9928a1e6601cf00d0b7826d13fb556f0:
AntiVir
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Signature Update: 2006-08-12 14:40:06
Product Version: 2.1.7-31
Signature Version: 6.35.1.84
Result: OK

Signature Update: 2006-08-13 15:40:06
Product Version: 2.1.7-31
Signature Version: 6.35.1.85
Result: Worm/IRCBot.9609

BitDefender
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Signature Update: 2006-08-12 22:40:05
Product Version: 7.0.2492
Signature Version: 444351
Result: Generic.Malware.IXdld.658BDD6B

Signature Update: 2006-08-13 12:40:05
Product Version: 7.0.2492
Signature Version: 444407
Result: Backdoor.IRCBot.ST

ClamAV
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Signature Update: 2006-08-12 17:40:05
Product Version: 0.88.2
Signature Version: 1650
Result: OK

Signature Update: 2006-08-13 14:40:05
Product Version: 0.88.2
Signature Version: 1654
Result: Trojan.IRCBot-689


The signatures for the binary with MD5 2bf2a4f0bdac42f4d6f8a062a7206797 look similar.

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  1. Andre Gironda says:

    in the internet storm center report, they mention not being able to clean the malware? isn't that going a little too far, especially by recommending a completely clean install?

    i would assume a nice combination of HiJackThis, Unlocker, Process Explorer, et al - could clean this up nicely. i've seen worse where i had to mess with WFP, even more registry annoyances, and even killing explorer & freezing winlogon in process explorer so i could regsvr32.exe /u a particular DLL that infected both explorer and winlogon completely.

    mcaffee or norton will probably release a cleaner at some point, as well.

  2. Thorsten Holz says:

    In the second stage, the bot also installs another piece of malware on the compromised box, see my update on this topic.

    For cleaning: LURHQ describes it in the following way with which I agree: "In the case of a system that has become infected with a trojan, worm or virus, unless you are a malware expert, the only way to be 100% sure the system is malware-free is to completely wipe the hard drive and reinstall the operating system."


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