TROJ_EQUATED.LZCMT

August 01, 2018
 Analysis by: Augusto II Remillano
 Modified by: John Anthony Banes
 ALIASES:

Trojan:Win32/Eqtonex!rfn (Microsoft); TR/ShadowBrokers.lpmcr (Antivir); HackTool.SHADOWBROKERS!tr (Fortinet)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Exploit

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

This Exploit may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites. It may be manually installed by a user.

Once a malware successfully exploits the said vulnerability, it causes certain actions to be done on the system. It takes advantage of certain vulnerabilities.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

129,024 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

18 Jun 2018

Payload:

Executes codes

Arrival Details

This Exploit may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

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

It may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This Exploit requires the following additional components to properly run:

  • coli-0.dll
  • exma-1.dll
  • libxml2.dll
  • posh-0.dll
  • tibe-2.dll
  • trch-1.dll
  • trfo-2.dll
  • tucl-1.dll
  • ucl.dll
  • {malware filenmame}.xml - configuration file

Once a malware successfully exploits the said vulnerability, it causes the following actions to be done on the system:

  • Execute arbitrary codes in the target IP address.

It takes advantage of the following vulnerabilities:

NOTES:
This malware is also known as EternalBlue exploit and it accepts the following parameters:

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

14.322.04

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

18 Jun 2018

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

14.323.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

19 Jun 2018

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 TROJ_EQUATED.LZCMT. 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:

Step 3

Download and apply this security patch Refrain from using these products until the appropriate patches have been installed. Trend Micro advises users to download critical patches upon release by vendors.


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