Trojan.Linux.SKIDMAP.A

September 11, 2019

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 Analysis by: Henry Alarcon Jr.

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 ALIASES:

N/A

 PLATFORM:

Linux

 OVERALL RISK RATING:

 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:

 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:

 REPORTED INFECTION:

 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

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  Threat Type: Trojan
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  Destructiveness: No
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  Encrypted: No
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  In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

This Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

335,001 bytes

File Type:

ELF

File Compression:

UPX

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

04 Sep 2019

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

• It creates a copy of "/usr/bin/{BLOCKED}ks.org" and saves it as "/usr/bin/{BLOCKED}ks" then executes.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

15.346.01

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

04 Sep 2019

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

15.347.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

05 Sep 2019

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