ThreatExpert Report: Suspicious.Emit

Submission Summary:

Submission details:

Submission received: 8 September 2012, 00:52:48
Processing time: 15 min 4 sec
Submitted sample:

File MD5: 0xD8AF52F111E94F1DF960899896176494
File SHA-1: 0x9A1079F5ABBAE35B29F61806F4A7163E0B868978
Filesize: 79,360 bytes
Alias: Suspicious.Emit [Symantec]

Summary of the findings:

What's been found	Severity Level
Produces outbound traffic.
Downloads/requests other files from Internet.

Technical Details:

File System Modifications

The following files were created in the system:

#	Filename(s)	File Size	File Hash	Alias
1	%AppData%\XXqMLit\XXqMLit.exe %Temp%\XXqMLit.exe [file and pathname of the sample #1]	79,360 bytes	MD5: 0xD8AF52F111E94F1DF960899896176494 SHA-1: 0x9A1079F5ABBAE35B29F61806F4A7163E0B868978	Suspicious.Emit [Symantec]
2	%Temp%\n	0 bytes	MD5: 0xD41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E SHA-1: 0xDA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709	(not available)

Notes:

%AppData% is a variable that refers to the file system directory that serves as a common repository for application-specific data. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data.
%Temp% is a variable that refers to the temporary folder in the short path form. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Local Settings\Temp\ (Windows NT/2000/XP).

The following directory was created:

%AppData%\XXqMLit

Registry Modifications

The following Registry Key was created:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations

The newly created Registry Value is:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations]

LowRiskFileTypes = ".exe;.scr;"

Other details

To mark the presence in the system, the following Mutex object was created:

LOLsdfjxxx112xx

The following Host Names were requested from a host database:

va.symtec.us
va.strongsearch.net
va.greatsmartsearch.com
va.beecitysearch.com
api.wipmania.com
192.5.5.241

There was registered attempt to establish connection with the remote host. The connection details are:

Remote Host	Port Number
va.symtec.us	5500

The following HTTP URL was started reading:

http://api.wipmania.com/index.html

Outbound traffic (potentially malicious)

There was an outbound traffic produced on port 5500:

There was an outbound traffic produced on port 35157:

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