Analysis by: Jeanne Jocson
 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: Downloaded from the Internet

This Trojan may be hosted on a website and run when a user accesses the said website.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 10,465 bytes
File Type: SWF
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 01 Nov 2016

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be hosted on a website and run when a user accesses the said website.

NOTES:

This malware is used to load a shell code. It loads a shell code that has an Action Script paramater named sh. It needs its HTML loader for it to run properly.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.800
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 12.874.02
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 02 Nov 2016
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 12.875.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 03 Nov 2016

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 SWF_EXES.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.


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