Virus:Worm/Palevo.ahtx
Date discovered:17/05/2010
Type:Worm
In the wild:Yes
Reported Infections:Low to medium
Distribution Potential:Medium
Damage Potential:Low to medium
Static file:Yes
File size:151.040 Bytes
MD5 checksum:b5847cde436069641f2e17e286965e9b
IVDF version:7.10.03.29

 General Methods of propagation:
   • Autorun feature
   • Messenger
   • Peer to Peer


Aliases:
   •  Bitdefender: Win32.Worm.Rimecud.K
   •  Panda: W32/P2PWorm.HO.worm
   •  Eset: Win32/Peerfrag.GL


Platforms / OS:
   • Windows 2000
   • Windows XP
   • Windows 2003


Side effects:
   • Downloads a malicious file
   • Drops malicious files
   • Registry modification

 Files It copies itself to the following locations:
   • %drive%\SANJAM\STOBOM.exe
   • %HOME%\csrss.exe



The following file is created:

– %drive%\autorun.inf This is a non malicious text file with the following content:
   • %code that runs malware%




It tries to download a file:

– The location is the following:
   • http://188.165.155.233/**********

 Registry The following registry key is added in order to run the process after reboot:

– [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
   • "Taskman"="%HOME%\csrss.exe"

 P2P In order to infect other systems in the Peer to Peer network community the following action is performed:   It retrieves shared folders by querying the following registry keys:
   • Software\BearShare\General
   • Software\iMesh\General
   • Software\Shareaza\Shareaza\Downloads
   • Software\Kazaa\LocalContent
   • Software\DC++
   • Software\eMule
   • Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\eMule Plus_is1

   It searches for directories that contain the following substring:
   • \Local Settings\Application Data\Ares\My Shared Folder


 Messenger It is spreading via Messenger. The characteristics are described below:

– Windows Live Messenger

The URL then refers to a copy of the described malware. If the user downloads and executes this file the infection process will start again.

 Backdoor The following port is opened:

– sandra.pri**********.com on UDP port 49000

 Injection – It injects itself as a remote thread into a process.

    Process name:
   • explorer.exe


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

Description inserted by Petre Galan on Monday, August 23, 2010
Description updated by Andrei Ivanes on Thursday, August 26, 2010

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