Analysis by: Pearl Charlaine Espejo
ALIASES:

X97M/Powershell (AhnLab-V3); VBA:Downloader-EPU [Trj] (Avast); VBA/TrojanDownloader.Agent.CTL (ESET-NOD32); TrojanDownloader:O97M/Donoff.EO (Microsoft)

 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.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 169,984 bytes
File Type: XLS
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 08 Mar 2017

Arrival Details

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

Other Details

This is the Trend Micro detection for Microsoft Word documents that are compromised through the insertion of a malicious macro.

NOTES:

This malware is a damaged variant of X2KM_CRYPTLOCK.

Samples detected by this pattern contains code errors, thus they fail to exhibit their intended routines.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 13.276.04
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 14 Mar 2017
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 13.277.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 15 Mar 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

Identify and terminate files detected as X2KM_CRYPTLOCK.DAM

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  1. Windows Task Manager may not display all running processes. In this case, please use a third-party process viewer, preferably Process Explorer, to terminate the malware/grayware/spyware file. You may download the said tool here.
  2. If the detected file is displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer but you cannot delete it, restart your computer in safe mode. To do this, refer to this link for the complete steps.
  3. If the detected file is not displayed in either Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer, continue doing the next steps.

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as X2KM_CRYPTLOCK.DAM. 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.

Step 4

Enable the macro virus protection in Microsoft Office Applications

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