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Netsarang backdoor DNS payload decrypter
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Netsarang backdoor DNS payload decrypter
file: decode_shadowpad_dns.py
author: Fox-IT Security Research Team <srt@fox-it.com>
Usage:
$ cat dns.txt
sajajlyoogrmkllmuoqiyaxlymwlvajdkouhkdyiyolamdjivho.cjpybuhwnjgkhllm.nylalobghyhirgh.com
$ python decode_shadowpad_dns.py dns.txt
Year=17 Month=8 Day=17 Host=Admin-PC Domain= User=Admin
"""
import sys
def keybyte(c, v):
cl = c
cl ^= (v & 0xff)
cl += ((v >> 8) & 0xff)
cl ^= ((v >> 16) & 0xff)
cl -= ((v >> 24) & 0xff)
return cl & 0xff
def xcrypt(data):
kb = 0
keys = [0x9F248E8A, 0xBFD7681A, 0xE03A30FA, 0xB1BF5581]
keys_2 = [0x2F8FCE7E, 0x7DB1F70F, 0x3035D0D6, 0x11C208F]
ksum = [0,0,0,0]
for i in xrange(len(data)):
key = (keys[i % len(keys)] - (keys_2[i % len(keys_2)] * ksum[i % len(keys)])) & 0xffffffff
ksum[i % len(keys)] = key
kb = keybyte(kb, key)
data[i] ^= kb
return data
def xencode(data):
r = ''
for i in xrange(len(data)):
c = data[i] & 0x0F
r += chr((c + 0x61))
c = data[i] >> 4
r += chr((c + 0x6a))
return r
def xdecode(data):
r = ''
if len(data) % 2 != 0:
raise Exception("incorrect data size")
for i in xrange(len(data) / 2):
a = ord(data[(i * 2)]) - 0x61
b = (ord(data[(i * 2) + 1]) - 0x6a) << 4
r += chr(a | b)
return r
def DecodeDNS(dns):
data = ''
r = dns.split('.')
for i in range(len(r) - 2):
data += r[i]
d = bytearray(xdecode(data[1:]))
dc = xcrypt(d)
t = dc[14:17]
tt = dc[17:-1].split(chr(0))
print 'Year=%d Month=%d Day=%d' % (t[0], t[1], t[2]), 'Host=%s Domain=%s User=%s' % (tt[0], tt[1], tt[2])
if __name__ == '__main__':
f = open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
for l in f.readlines():
dns = l.strip()
DecodeDNS(dns)
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