Trojan:W32/Ursnif

Behavior

Upon execution, Ursnif checks for the presence of any virtual or debugging environments; if found, it will show a fake alert message box with the text, "Error Initializing Client App!". It also performs process hollowing on svchost.exe or explorer.exe and injects a dll file (client.dll) based on the system enviornment (whether it is 32- or 64-bit).

Afterwards, it tries to steal multiple pieces of information from the system and store them in a file. It then connects to a malicious command and control (C&C) server.

Infection Vector

Ursnif is typically encountered when the user inadvertently opens a malicious file attachment that arrives via a spam email message.

Files Added

• Create a copy of itself at "%appdata%\[Random_Folder]\[Dropped_Filename].exe" where "Dropped_Filename" is a combination of strings taken from %system32% directory filenames.
• Creates a batch file at "%temp%\[Random_Folder]\[Random_File].bat" to execute and delete itself.
• Creates a storage file at %temp%\[Random_Hex].bin to store the stolen data. Stolen data is in cab file format, which is created by executing makecab.exe. The storage file contains the following information:
  • Installed Device Drivers - Collected by executing driverquery.exe
  • Installed Programs - Collected by executing reg.exe "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
  • System Information - Collected by executing systeminfo.exe
  • Current running process - Collected by executing tasklist.exe /SVC

Registry Changes

Adds the following registry key to run at startup:

• HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[Dropped_Filename]:
  "%appdata%\[Random_Folder]\[Dropped_Filename].exe
• HKCU\Software\AppDataLow\Software\Microsoft\{GUID}\Vars
• HKCU\Software\AppDataLow\Software\Microsoft\{GUID}\Files
• HKCU\Software\AppDataLow\Software\Microsoft\{GUID}\Config

Network Activity

It connects to the following server:

• bergesoma[.]com/images/[encryted_data]/[.jpeg|.gif|.bmp]
• polinodara[.]com/images/[encryted_data]/[.jpeg|.gif|.bmp]

Where encrypted_data contains the Username, Compute Name, Version of Injected process, System IP address and malware specific configuration details.

Other Behavior

The malware also has the capability to:

• Steal email data, which is collected by parsing different email file formats and applications (.wab, .pst)
• Intercept the data and web-forms of the following browsers: Chrome, Internet explorer, Thunderbird, Firefox
• Check for the presence of a virtual environment by checking the Device Informaton string against "vbox", "qemu", "vmware", "virtual hd"
• Detect Phishwall software

Analysis on file: b3764e1a3d0f7d164436d565226800f3c06a58ec

Analysis by: Neeraj Singh