TROJ_CVE20170263.GQA

 Analysis by: Jennifer Gumban

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Via email

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

It takes advantage of software vulnerabilities in certain software to drop malicious files.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

268,950 bytes

File Type:

DOCX

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

19 Apr 2017

Payload:

Drops files

Arrival Details

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

Dropping Routine

This Trojan drops the following files:

  • %User Temp%\{random numbers}.cvr
  • %User Temp%\{random numbers}.od
  • %Temporary Internet Files%\Content.MSO\{random value}.eps

(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista, 7, and 8.. %Temporary Internet Files% is the Temporary Internet Files folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files on Windows Vista and 7, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache on Windows 8.)

It takes advantage of unknown vulnerabilities in the following software to drop malicious files:

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

  • It displays information while it executes an embedded Encapsulated PostScript Object that exhibits malicious activities.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

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

Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.

Step 3

Search and delete this file

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  • %User Temp%\{random numbers}.cvr
  • %User Temp%\{random numbers}.od
  • %Temporary Internet Files%\Content.MSO\{random value}.eps

Step 4

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TROJ_CVE20170263.GQA. 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 the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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