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PDF_MALPHISH.AUSJERAB

October 13, 2018
 ALIASES:

Troj/PDFDown-X (Sophos AV); PDF/Phishing.gen.u (McAfee)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware, Spammed via email

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.

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

11,961 bytes

File Type:

PDF

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

17 Sep 2018

Payload:

Connects to URLs/IPs, Displays graphics/image

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 does the following:

  • This Trojan presents the user a fake message tricking them to click on the following link:
    • http://{BLOCKED}tes.com/0HCI/SWIFT/Commercial
  • This Trojan shows the following fake message inside the PDF, tricking users to click on the link:

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

14.554.04

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

09 Oct 2018

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

14.555.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

10 Oct 2018

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

Close all opened browser windows

Step 3

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