JS_MORPHE.SM0

August 05, 2016
 Analysis by: Jeanne Jocson
 Modified by: Cris Nowell Pantanilla
 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet

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 displays advertisements on Internet browsers.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

18,989 bytes

File Type:

JS

Initial Samples Received Date:

28 Jul 2016

Payload:

Displays graphics/image

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.

Adware Routine

This Trojan connects to the following URL(s) to display ads on the affected system:

  • http://ads.adaptv.advertising.com/a/h/KXTWGX4WxNdreI7ZcVkNOB2D0y9wp2NGBPUyUvpl8Lq7ng9J18VaLw==?cb=[CB]&pageUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&description=Entertainment&duration=30&id=3797145108&keywords=Entertainment&title=Entertainment&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&eov=eov
  • http://ads.adaptv.advertising.com/a/h/KXTWGX4WxNdreI7ZcVkNOJuP5IaUtdLgBPUyUvpl8Lq3C_bvqwPzlg==?cb=[CB]&pageUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&description=Entertainment&duration=30&id=3797145108&keywords=Entertainment&title=Entertainment&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&eov=eov
  • http://ads.adaptv.advertising.com/a/h/KXTWGX4WxNdreI7ZcVkNOOu2donehGkMFEwR7YFJgd+PDBWIIu8Qxw==?cb=[CB]&pageUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&description=Entertainment&duration=30&id=3797145108&keywords=Entertainment&title=Entertainment&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&eov=eov
  • http://ads.adaptv.advertising.com/a/h/KXTWGX4WxNdreI7ZcVkNOOu2donehGkMFEwR7YFJgd91YuvVGGpd2w==?cb=[CB]&pageUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&description=Entertainment&duration=30&id=3797145108&keywords=Entertainment&title=Entertainment&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&eov=eov
  • http://ads.adaptv.advertising.com/a/h/Li24mmGgRESYxNScsxAdR4j6v5a6urUz5JXxck6U5MYbmAv1jS4AixrUQE5vouib?cb=[CACHE_BUSTER]&pageUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&description=Entertainment&duration=30&id=3797145108&keywords=Entertainment&title=Entertainment&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmdshakers.hs.llnwd.net%2FShareTheMeal-15Sec.mp4&eov=eov
  • http://ads.adaptv.advertising.com/a/h/aYxVo9bHYb7OmXbqN+5YOg==?cb=[CACHE_BUSTER]&pageUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&description=Entertainment&duration=30&id=3797145108&keywords=Entertainment&title=Entertainment&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmdshakers.hs.llnwd.net%2FShareTheMeal-15Sec.mp4&eov=eov
  • http://ads.adaptv.advertising.com/a/h/b15PSbp0Bterp00T77y2oxUCa7CovKQ4QGTG1yXls8x2m5XuCYiyzuY387lk2YLd?cb=[CB]&pageUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&description=Entertainment&duration=30&id=3797145108&keywords=Entertainment&title=Entertainment&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&eov=eov
  • http://ads.adaptv.advertising.com/a/h/bWy6nbdpXphXRQwep3zyvJOrBhLaB10nYmgZJ0VHguBneKrSrvgpcRMS8mFJhDxz?cb=[CACHE_BREAKER]&pageUrl=EMBEDDING_PAGE_URL&description=VIDEO_DESCRIPTION&duration=VIDEO_DURATION&id=VIDEO_ID&keywords=VIDEO_KEYWORDS&title=VIDEO_TITLE&url=VIDEO_URL&eov=eov
  • http://arena.altitudeplatform.com/vast?uid=8OHRKJLJ853078TQ9QPK3TG3GS&page_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&cb=[CB]&ref_page_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&player_width=300&player_height=250&video_duration=30&media_file_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&media_file_title=Entertainment&media_description=Entertainment&media_file_id=3797145108
  • http://as.eu.angsrvr.com/select?type=dyn&plc=1022036&cache=[CB]&ang_domain=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html=&ang_height=250&ang_width=300&ang_mime=application/x-shockwave-flash&ang_vpaid=false&ang_ip=71.179.174.18
  • http://as.eu.angsrvr.com/select?type=dyn&plc=1044302&cache=[CB]&ang_domain=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&ang_ip=71.179.174.18&ang_height=250&ang_width=300&ang_mime=application/x-shockwave-flash&ang_vpaid=false
  • http://surf.rollmob.com/w3d55930/f_8.00_d_2?VPAID=1&content_page_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&player_width=300&player_height=250&cb=[CB]&content_type=&vid_duration=30&vid_url=[VIDEO_URL]&vid_id=3797145108&vid_title=Entertainment
  • http://vast.bp3847767.btrll.com/vast/3847767?n=[CACHE_BUSTER]&br_w=[CONTAINER_WIDTH&br_h=250&br_pageurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&br_conurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmdshakers.hs.llnwd.net%2FShareTheMeal-15Sec.mp4
  • http://vast.ssp.optimatic.com/vast/getVast.aspx?id=4BrFPi4uOd0s&zone=default&pageURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&pageTitle=Entertainment&cb=[CACHE_BUSTER]
  • http://vast.ssp.optimatic.com/vast/getVast.aspx?id=9rSyjYi7xJYz&zone=default&pageURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&pageTitle=Entertainment&cb=[CB]
  • http://vast.ssp.optimatic.com/vast/getVast.aspx?id=ZDrncwFrvL40&zone=default&pageURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&pageTitle=[PAGE_TITLE]&cb=[CACHE_BUSTER]
  • http://vid.springserve.com/vast/25598?w=300&h=250&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&cb=[CACHE_BUSTER]
  • http://vid.springserve.com/vast/27491?w=300&h=250&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&cb=[CACHE_BUSTER]
  • http://vid.springserve.com/vast/31224?w=300&h=250&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baltimoresun.com%2Fsports%2Fbaltimore-sports-blog%2Fbal-by-one-analysis-orioles-have-american-league-s-top-two-cy-young-contenders-20160725-story.html&cb=[CB]
  • https://ioms.bfmio.com/getBFMT?aid=6db7ad78-fd45-455d-a26a-5882041dd89a&i_type=pre&v=1
  • https://mdshakers.hs.llnwd.net/ShareTheMeal-15Sec.mp4

It displays advertisements on Internet browsers.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

12.448.06

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

05 Apr 2016

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

12.449.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

06 Apr 2016

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 JS_MORPHE.SM0. 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.


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