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OSX_PINTSZE.SMA

July 06, 2017
 Analysis by: Jaime Benigno Reyes
 ALIASES:

Backdoor:MacOS_X/PintSized.A!plist (Microsoft), OSX/PintSized !! (McAfee), OSX.Pintsized (Symantec), Backdoor.OSX.Pintsized.a (Kaspersky)

 PLATFORM:

Mac OS X

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Trojan arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

Varies

File Type:

Other

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

22 Feb 2013

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

NOTES:
This Trojan is a malicious launchd/launchctl plist file which is used by another malware to automatically execute or download a malicious file at a scheduled time or fixed intervals.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.300

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

9.752.01

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

25 Feb 2013

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

9.753.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

26 Feb 2013

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as OSX_PINTSZE.SMA. 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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