Analysis by: Rheniel Rhay Ramos
ALIASES:

Exploit:Win32/Spectre.A (Microsoft); Trojan-Spectre!44EDB511CD9C (McAfee)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Exploit

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Canal de infección Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

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

It takes advantage of certain vulnerabilities.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 20,480 bytes
Tipo de archivo EXE
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 13 Jan 2018
Carga útil Displays message/message boxes, Exploits vulnerability

Arrival Details

This Exploit 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 Exploit takes advantage of the following vulnerabilities:

NOTES:
This is the Trend Micro detection for a damaged proof of concept (PoC) sample of CVE-2017-5753.

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.850
Primer archivo de patrones de VSAPI 13.914.08
Primera fecha de publicación de patrones de VSAPI 13 Jan 2018
Versión de patrones OPR de VSAPI 13.915.00
Fecha de publicación de patrones OPR de VSAPI 14 Jan 2018

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

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TROJ_CVE20175753.DAM. 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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