Analysis by: John Anthony Banes
ALIASES:

Exploit.Win32.ShadowBrokers.aa (Kaspersky); Troj/Equation-C (Sophos Lite); Trojan:Win32/Eqtonex!rfn (Microsoft)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Trojan may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites. It may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 142,848 bytes
Tipo de archivo DLL
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 15 Apr 2017

Arrival Details

This Trojan may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

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

It may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

  • This Trojan may exploit a vulnerability in Server Message Block (SMB) protocols.

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.850
Primer archivo de patrones de VSAPI 13.416.06
Primera fecha de publicación de patrones de VSAPI 19 May 2017
Versión de patrones OPR de VSAPI 13.417.80
Fecha de publicación de patrones OPR de VSAPI 20 May 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

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as TROJ_EQUATED.J. 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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