HTML_IFRMEXP.GEN

 Analysis by: RonJay Kristoffer Caragay

 ALIASES:

Exploit-MIME.gen.b (McAfee); Exploit/iFrame, [~0000001.~]:Exploit/iFrame (Panda)

 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 on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

This is the Trend Micro detection for files that contain malicious IFRAME tags.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

1,510 bytes

File Type:

Other

Initial Samples Received Date:

05 Mar 2009

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.

Other Details

This is the Trend Micro detection for files that contain malicious IFRAME tags.

NOTES:

This is an email that contains malicious IFRAME tags that allow execution of another malicious file.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.750

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

5.883.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

05 Mar 2009

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

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as HTML_IFRMEXP.GEN. 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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