W2KM_DLOADER.BVEX


 ALIASES:

Trojan-Dropper.MSWord.Agent.ky (Kaspersky), W97M.Downloader (Symantec)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
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 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
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 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Spammed via email

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

Varies

File Type:

DOC

Initial Samples Received Date:

14 Apr 2016

Arrival Details

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

Installation

This Trojan drops the following files:

  • %User Temp%\microsoft.pfx
  • %User Temp%\microsoft.exe

(Note: %User Temp% is the user's temporary folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temp on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Temp on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

Other Details

This Trojan connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.84.219:4343
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.92.63:4043
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.1.171:40443