Analysis by: Joachim Suico
 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users. It 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: 83,845 bytes
File Type: PDF
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 18 Mar 2015

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

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

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://{BLOCKED}f.{BLOCKED}e.com/manifest/50/win/reader8rdr-en_US.upd
  • http://{BLOCKED}f.{BLOCKED}e.com/manifest/50/win/AdobeUpdater.upd
  • http://{BLOCKED}f.{BLOCKED}e.com/manifest/50/win/reader8rdr-en_US.upd
  • http://{BLOCKED}f.{BLOCKED}e.com/manifest/50/win/AdobeUpdater.upd

NOTES:
The document itself tricks users into accessing a possibly malicious URL:

  • http://{BLOCKED}tlook.{BLOCKED}o.com