Analysis by: Byron Jon Gelera
 ALIASES:

PDF/Phishing.A.Gen (ESET-NOD32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Canal de infecção: Spammed via email

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tipo de compactação: 34,467 bytes
Tipo de arquivo: PDF
Residente na memória: No
Data de recebimento das amostras iniciais: 10 Aug 2017
Carga útil: Connects to URLs/IPs

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

Other Details

This Trojan presents the user a fake message tricking them to click on the following link:

  • http://visitjawatengah.{BLOCKED}prov.go.id/xxi/iklan/image.php

NOTES:

This malware shows the following fake message inside the PDF tricking the users to click on the link:

  SOLUTION

Mecanismo de varredura mínima: 9.850
Primeiro arquivo padrão VSAPI: 13.586.03
Data do lançamento do primeiro padrão VSAPI: 10 Aug 2017
VSAPI OPR Pattern Version: 13.587.00
VSAPI OPR Pattern veröffentlicht am: 11 Aug 2017

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Close all opened browser windows

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as PDF_MALPHISH.AUSJEMA. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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