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Trojan.PDF.TRACKEX.A

March 11, 2019
 Analysis by: Patrick Angelo Roderno
 ALIASES:

PUA.JS.Trackware (IKARUS); Trojan.Agent.DQNC (BITDEFENDER); Exploit:PDF/Ticanoti.A (MICROSOFT)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Dropped by other malware, Downloaded from the Internet


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.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

1,311,304 bytes

File Type:

PDF

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

28 Feb 2019

Payload:

Steals information

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.

Information Theft

This Trojan gathers the following data:

  • Full Path of the malware in the victim's system

Stolen Information

This Trojan sends the gathered information via HTTP POST to the following URL:

  • unprotected-pdf.{random 13-character string}0.r-lp.{BLOCKED}tify.com

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

  • Malicious behavior only occurs when malware is opened via Google Chrome

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

14.842.07

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

28 Feb 2019

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

14.843.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

01 Mar 2019

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

Identify and terminate files detected as Trojan.PDF.TRACKEX.A

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  1. Windows Task Manager may not display all running processes. In this case, please use a third-party process viewer, preferably Process Explorer, to terminate the malware/grayware/spyware file. You may download the said tool here.
  2. If the detected file is displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer but you cannot delete it, restart your computer in safe mode. To do this, refer to this link for the complete steps.
  3. If the detected file is not displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer, continue doing the next steps.

Step 4

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Trojan.PDF.TRACKEX.A. 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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