Analysis by: Homer Pacag
ALIASES:

iOS/XcdGhost.A!tr (Fortinet); TrojanSpy:iOS/XcodeGhost.A (Microsoft)

 PLATFORM:

Mac OS X

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

  • Threat Type: Spyware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: Yes

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel: Dropped by other malware, Downloaded from the Internet

This Spyware 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: 268,020 bytes
File Type: Mach-O
Memory Resident: Yes
Initial Samples Received Date: 29 Sep 2015
Payload: Collects system information

Arrival Details

This Spyware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

NOTES:

An application that is infected with the malicious XCodeGhost code may perform the following:

  • Steal the following information from the device:
    • Timestamp
    • App
    • BundleID
    • Device Type
    • OS
    • Language
    • Country
    • IDFV
    • Network information
    • Status
  • Send the stolen information to:
    • http://init.{BLOCKED}analysis.com

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.750
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 11.948.08
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 29 Sep 2015
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 11.949.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 29 Sep 2015

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as OSX_XCODEGHOST.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 this Knowledge Base page for more information.


Did this description help? Tell us how we did.