ADW_SANCTIONEDMEDIA.GA

February 17, 2016
 Analysis by: Francis Xavier Antazo
 ALIASES:

MSIL/Adware.SanctionedMedia.A application (ESET); AdWare.MSIL.Sancmed.p (Kaspersky);

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Adware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This adware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites. It arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

166400 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

19 Jan 2016

Arrival Details

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

It arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

Installation

This adware drops and executes the following files:

  • %User Temp%\smUninstall.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 adware connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://www.{BLOCKED}onedmedia.com/version2.XML
  • http://www.{BLOCKED}onedmedia.com/smfeed2.php
  • http://www.{BLOCKED}onedmedia.com/smlog.php