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Email-Worm:W32/Warezov.W

First posted on 15 June 2010.
Source: SecurityHome

Aliases :

There are no other names known for Email-Worm:W32/Warezov.W.

Explanation :

This type of worm is embedded in an e-mail attachment, and spreads using the infected computer's e-mailing networks.

Additional DetailsWarezov.W is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself as e-mail attachments to addresses found on the infected computer.

Warezov.W also downloads another worm variant from a specified website on the Internet.

Installation

The worm shows this messagebox as a decoy during installation to a system:



During installation, the worm adds the following files to the system:

€ %WinDir%\tsrv.exe - The main copy of the worm that is active in memory. € %SysDir%\ msji449c14b7.dll € %SysDir% \cmut449c14b7.dll € %SysDir%\hpzl449c14b7.exe € %WinDir%\tsrv.dll - Detected as Warezov.W. € %WinDir%\tsrv.wax - Data file where the worm stores found e-mail addresses. € %WinDir%\tsrv.z € %WinDir%\tsrv.s
The worm also copies the file it was run from to Windows System folder.

Warezov.W modifies the Windows HOSTS file to prevent access to the following websites:

€ avp.ru € avp.ru/download/ € customer.symantec.com € download.microsoft.com € downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com € downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com € downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com € downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com € downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com € downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € eset.com/ € eset.com/download/index.php € eset.com/joomla/ € eset.com/products/index.php € ftp://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com € ftp://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € ftp://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € ftp://downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com € ftp://downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € ftp://downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € ftp://downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com € ftp://downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € ftp://downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € ftp://downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com € ftp://downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € ftp://downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € ftp://downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com € ftp://downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € ftp://downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € ftp://ftp.kasperskylab.ru/updates/ € ftp://updates.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € ftp://updates1.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € ftp://updates2.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € ftp://updates3.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € ftp://updates4.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € go.microsoft.com € http://avp.ru € http://customer.symantec.com € http://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com € http://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € http://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € http://downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com € http://downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € http://downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € http://downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com € http://downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € http://downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € http://downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com € http://downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € http://downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € http://downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com € http://downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com/products/ € http://downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € http://kaspersky.com € http://kaspersky.ru € http://kaspersky.ru/updates/ € http://kaspersky-labs.com € http://kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € http://liveupdate.symantec.com € http://liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com € http://securityresponse.symantec.com € http://service1.symantec.com € http://symantec.com € http://symantec.com/updates € http://u3.eset.com/ € http://u4.eset.com/ € http://updates.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € http://updates.symantec.com € http://updates1.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € http://updates2.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € http://updates3.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € http://updates4.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € http://viruslist.com € http://viruslist.ru € http://www.avp.ru € http://www.avp.ru/download/ € http://www.eset.com/ € http://www.eset.com/download/index.php € http://www.eset.com/joomla/ € http://www.eset.com/products/index.php € http://www.kaspersky.ru/updates/ € http://www.kaspersky-labs.com/updates/ € http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Search.aspx?displayl € kaspersky.com € kaspersky.ru € kaspersky-labs.com € liveupdate.symantec.com € liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com € msdn.microsoft.com € office.microsoft.com € securityresponse.symantec.com € service1.symantec.com € symantec.com € symantec.com/updates € u3.eset.com/ € u4.eset.com/ € updates.symantec.com € viruslist.com € viruslist.ru € windowsupdate.microsoft.com € www.avp.ru € www.avp.ru/download/ € www.eset.com/ € www.eset.com/download/index.php € www.eset.com/joomla/ € www.eset.com/products/index.php € www.kaspersky.com € www.kaspersky.ru € www.kaspersky-labs.com € www.symantec.com € www.symantec.com/updates € www.viruslist.com € www.viruslist.ru
The worm also tries to stop services belonging to different firewalls and to terminate the following processes:

€ ccapp.exe € cwsmc.exe € explorer.exe € firefox.exe € iexplore.exe € mpftray.exe € opera.exe € outpost.exe € services.exe € svchost.exe € vzapro.exe € zlclient.exe

Payload

Warezov.W attempts to connect to the following site to download another malware file:

€ http://yuhadefunjinsa.com/chr/grw/[...].exe
This file download is already detected as Email-Worm.Win32.Warezov.t. This mechanism is used to update the worm from Internet.

The worm uses rootkit features to hide its process in memory.

Additionally, the worm contacts the yuhadefunjinsa.com website to notify the worm's author. The notification is done with the POST request and it may include some additional data like the worm's version, type and so on.



Propagation

Warezov.W gathers target e-mail addresses from the Windows Address Book (WAB). It may also harvests e-mail addresses from the infected system by scanning through files with the following extension names:

€ asp € cfg € cgi € dbx € eml € htm € htm € html € jsp € mbx € mdx € mht € mmf € msg € nch € ods € oft € php € pl € sht € shtm € stm € tbb € txt € uin € wab € wsh € xls € xml
The worm filters found e-mail addresses to avoid sending itself to addresses that contain any of the following substrings:

€ .edu € .gov € @avp € admin € anyone@ € apache € berkeley € bsd € cafee € certific € contract@ € example € fido € ftp € gnu € gold-certs € google € help@ € ibm.com € info@ € kasp € kernel € linux € local € master € microsoft € mozilla € mydomai € noone € noreply € panda € rfc-ed € ripe. € root@ € secure € sendmail € service € someone € spam € support € unix € update € usenet € winrar € winzip € www € xx € you € your

The worm sends itself as an attachment to the gathered e-mail addresses using the following e-mail format:

TO: {Gathered email address from the system}

FROM:
The from field may use any of the following format:

€ %FirstName% %SecondName% <%FirstName%.%SecondName%@%domain name%> € %FirstName% <%SecondName%_%random%@%domain name%> € {Gathered email address from the system}
Where %FirstName% may use any of the following:

€ adam € alice € anna € betty € bob € brenda € brent € brian € carol € claudia € craig € cyber € dan € dave € david € debby € den € Donna € frank € george € gerhard € helen € helen € james € jane € jayson € jerry € jim € joe € john € karen € linda € lisa € mancy € maria € ruth € sandra € sandra € sharon € Susan
%SecondName% may use any of the following:

€ adams € allen € anderson € baker € carter € clark € garcia € gonzalez € green € hall € harris € hernandez € hill € jackson € jeremy € joe € kenneth € king € lee € lewis € lopez € martin € martinez € miller € molly € moore € nelson € robinson € robyn € rodriguez € scott € shaan € taylor € thomas € thompson € walker € white € wilson € wright € young
%random% uses random 4-digit characters and %domain name% may use any of the following:

€ care2.com € email.myway.com € fastmail.fm € gmail.com € goowy.com € hotmail.com € inbox.com € mail.aim.com € mail.com € mail.lycos.com € yahoo.com
Examples:
€ james nelson (james.nelson@yahoo.com) € sandra (martin_1950@mail.aim.com)

SUBJECT:
The subject may use any of the following strings:

€ Error € Good Day € Hello € Mail Delivery System € Mail server report € Mail Transaction Failed € Picture € Server Report € Test
MESSAGE BODY:
It may use any of the following messages:

€ Mail transaction failed. Partial message is available. € The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment. € The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment. € Mail server report.
Our firewall determined the e-mails containing worm copies are being sent from your computer.
Nowadays it happens from many computers, because this is a new virus type (Network Worms).
Using the new bug in the Windows, these viruses infect the computer unnoticeably.
After the penetrating into the computer the virus harvests all the e-mail addresses and sends the copies of itself to these e-mail addresses
Please install updates for worm elimination and your computer restoring.
Best regards,
Customers support service




ATTACHMENT:
The attachment is a copy of the worm. The filename is designed to disguise the executable nature of the attachment from the recipient. It is created using one of the following filename formats:

€ %filename%.%ext1%.%ext2% € Update-KB%random%-x86.exe
%filename% may use any of the following strings:

€ body € data € doc € document € message € readme € text
%ext1% may use any of the following extension names:

€ dat € elm € log € txt
%ext2% may use any of the following extension names:

€ bat € cmd € exe € pif
%random% uses random numbers, for example:

€ readme.txt.pif € Update-KB1156-x86.exe
This worm also uses a text file icon in its attempt to fool recipients into thinking that this file is just a normal text or log file. This is especially true when the - Hide extensions for known file types - option in Windows is enabled.

Last update 15 June 2010

 

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