POSSIBLE_REDEXPL

April 28, 2016
 Analysis by: Rhena Inocencio
 ALIASES:

Exploit:JS/Blacole.OZ

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This is the Trend Micro detection for suspicious files that manifest the characteristics of an exploited JSON format.

It is a heuristic detection for a JNLP XML file that may execute a possibly malicious JAR file.

This Trojan executes when a user accesses certain websites where it is hosted.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

Varies

File Type:

Other

Initial Samples Received Date:

16 Jul 2014

Arrival Details

This Trojan executes when a user accesses certain websites where it is hosted.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.700

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

10.926.05

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

16 Jul 2014

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

10.927.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

16 Jul 2014

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 POSSIBLE_REDEXPL. 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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