Analysis by: Pearl Charlaine Espejo
ALIASES:

Exploit:SWF/Axpergle.H (Microsoft); Script.SWF.C240 (BitDefender); Exploit.SWF.Agent.~AA (Comodo)

 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 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 hosted on a website and run when a user accesses the said website.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 6,353 bytes
Tipo de archivo SWF
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 26 Jan 2016

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.

It may be hosted on a website and run when a user accesses the said website.

Download Routine

This Trojan downloads a possibly malicious file from a certain URL. The URL where this malware downloads the said file depends on the parameter passed on to it by its components.

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.8
Primer archivo de patrones de VSAPI 12.298.05
Primera fecha de publicación de patrones de VSAPI 26 Jan 2016
Versión de patrones OPR de VSAPI 12.299.00
Fecha de publicación de patrones OPR de VSAPI 27 Jan 2016

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

Close all opened browser windows

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as SWF_EXPLOYT.YYLR. 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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