Analysis by: Jaime Benigno Reyes
ALIASES:

Exploit:MSIL/CVE-2013-0074 (Microsoft); a variant of Win32/Exploit.CVE-2013-0074.EP (ESET); W32/CVE130074.C.gen!Eldorado (F-Prot); Exploit.CVE-2013-0074 (Ikarus)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

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

It does not have rootkit capabilities.

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.

It does not have any propagation routine.

It does not have any backdoor routine.

It does not have any downloading capability.

It does not have any information-stealing capability.

Once a malware successfully exploits the said vulnerability, it causes certain actions to be done on the system.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 23,552 bytes
Tipo de archivo DLL
Residente en memoria Yes
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 05 Feb 2015
Carga útil Compromises system security

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.

Propagation

This Trojan does not have any propagation routine.

Backdoor Routine

This Trojan does not have any backdoor routine.

Download Routine

This Trojan does not have any downloading capability.

Information Theft

This Trojan does not have any information-stealing capability.

Other Details

This Trojan requires the existence of the following files to properly run:

  • MainPage.xaml
  • videocreator.xaml

Once a malware successfully exploits the said vulnerability, it causes the following actions to be done on the system:

  • Execute Arbitrary Code

It is a zero-day exploit for the following vulnerability:

NOTES:

It does not have rootkit capabilities.

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.700
Primer archivo de patrones de VSAPI 11.460.06
Primera fecha de publicación de patrones de VSAPI 05 Feb 2015
Versión de patrones OPR de VSAPI 11.461.00
Fecha de publicación de patrones OPR de VSAPI 06 Feb 2015

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 TROJ_EXPLOYT.APS. 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.

Step 4

Download and apply this security patch Refrain from using these products until the appropriate patches have been installed. Trend Micro advises users to download critical patches upon release by vendors.  


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