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PUA.AndroidOS.RiskGen.A

April 11, 2024
 Analysis by: Raymart Christian Yambot
 PLATFORM:

Android

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

  • Threat Type: Potentially Unwanted Application

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware


This Potentially Unwanted Application 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:

9,134,873 bytes

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

27 Mar 2024

Payload:

Requests access

Arrival Details

This Potentially Unwanted Application 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 Potentially Unwanted Application does the following:

  • It attempts to access camera and geo location of the user.
  • It utilizes 'REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES' which gives the app the ability to install new packages on the user's device.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

SSAPI PATTERN File:

2.717.00

SSAPI PATTERN Date:

11 Apr 2024

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