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TROJ_CVE20141761.U

December 10, 2015
 Analysis by: Janus Agcaoili
 ALIASES:

Troj/DocDrop-DM (Sophos), Exploit:Win32/CVE-2012-0158 (Microsoft), Exploit.RTF.CVE2012-0158.a (Kaspersky)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • 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.

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

52,817 bytes

File Type:

RTF

Initial Samples Received Date:

12 Nov 2015

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 connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.65.42/~pakistan/.softaculous/cache/patrick3.exe

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

12.146.06

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

12 Nov 2015

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

12.147.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

13 Nov 2015

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