Analysis by: Rommel Abraham Joven
ALIASES:

Linux.Shelock(Symantec); Linux/Agent.AX(ESET)

 PLATFORM:

Linux

 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.

It requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 15,083 bytes
File Type: ELF
Initial Samples Received Date: 14 Apr 2015

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.

This malware arrives via the following means:

  • Bash Vulnerability Shellshock (CVE-2014-6271)

Other Details

This Trojan requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

Mobile Malware Routine

This Trojan accesses the following possibly malicious URL(s):

  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.25.87/.c.txt