ELF_SMALL.SC

October 09, 2012
 Analysis by: Roland Marco Dela Paz
 ALIASES:

Exploit.Linux.Small.hl (Kaspersky)

 PLATFORM:

Linux/UNIX

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

  • 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:

4,217 bytes

File Type:

ELF

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

12 Mar 2012

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.

NOTES:

It exploits a vulnerability in Linux operating system in order to execute a malicious shellcode. As a result, malicious routines of the executed shellcode are also exhibited on the affected system.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.200

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

8.833.01

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

12 Mar 2012

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