Analysis by: Ryan Paolo Maglaque
ALIASES:

Win32/Exploit.Equation.ExplodingScan.A(Eset-NOD32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Exploit

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel: Downloaded from the Internet

This Exploit may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component. It may be manually installed by a user.

It takes advantage of certain vulnerabilities.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 35,840 bytes
File Type: EXE
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 14 Apr 2017

Arrival Details

This Exploit may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

It may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This Exploit does the following:

  • Displays the following when executed with "-?" argument

  • Establishes connection to the target machine and also capable of installing a backdoor

It takes advantage of the following vulnerabilities:

NOTES:

This malware only affects systems on Windows 2003. The vulnerability it exploits will not be patched.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 13.340.08
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 14 Apr 2017
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 13.341.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 15 Apr 2017

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

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