Analysis by: Cris Nowell Pantanilla
 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • Threat Type: Hacking Tool

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Hacking Tool may be hosted on a website and run when a user accesses the said website.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 1,092 bytes
Tipo de archivo ASP
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 07 Apr 2011

Arrival Details

This Hacking Tool may be hosted on a website and run when a user accesses the said website.

Other Details

This Hacking Tool does the following:

  • Run arbitrary Windows commands.
  • Extract database connection strings from configuration files.
  • Execute arbitrary SQL queries.

NOTES:

This hacking tool may be hosted on a remote server and execute commands using a web shell interface. This allows user to manipulate files or perform queries on the host server.

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.850
Archivo de patrones de SSAPI: 1.164.28
Fecha de publicación del patrón SSAPI 07 Apr 2011

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 HKTL_WEBSHELL. 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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