Trojan.Win32.CVE20188120.E

July 01, 2021
 Analysis by: Bren Matthew Ebriega
 ALIASES:

Exploit:Win32/CVE-2018-8120.A (MICROSOFT)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

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 takes advantage of certain vulnerabilities.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

82,432 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

09 Sep 2020

Payload:

Exploits vulnerabilities

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 Trojan does the following:

  • It uses the mentioned vulnerability to escalate its privileges to NT Authority\System.
  • The {Command} passed in its parameter will be executed with escalated privilege.

It takes advantage of the following vulnerabilities:

It accepts the following parameters:

  • {Command}

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

16.808.08

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

28 Jun 2021

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

16.809.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

29 Jun 2021

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

Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.

Step 3

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Trojan.Win32.CVE20188120.E. 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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