Analysis by: Michelle Morales
ALIASES:

TrojanDownloader:W97M/Drixed.B (Microsoft), W97M.Downloader (Symantec), X97M/Downloader (McAfee), Trojan-Downloader.MSWord.Agent.dq (Kaspersky), W97M/TrojanDownloader.Agent.NDC (ESET)

 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 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: 38,400 bytes
File Type: DOC
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 24 Dec 2014

Arrival Details

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

Download Routine

This Trojan accesses the following websites to download files:

  • http://{BLOCKED}g.hk/js/bin.exe

NOTES:
However, as of this writing the above mentioned link no longer exists. Thus, the file download is not completed.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.700
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 11.366.05
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 24 Dec 2014
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 11.367.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 25 Dec 2014

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