HTML_PORNY

October 09, 2012
 Analysis by: rolandde
 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Trojan connects to websites that contain pornographic content.

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

This is the Trend Micro detection for files that exhibit certain behaviors.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

Varies

File Type:

HTA

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

10 Jul 2011

Payload:

Connects to URLs/IPs

Arrival Details

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

Other Details

This is the Trend Micro detection for:

  • HTA (HTML Application) files that displays pornographic contents and are related to one-click billing fraud.

NOTES:

This Trojan connects to the following websites that contain pornographic content:

  • http://www.{BLOCKED}ne-movies.com/regist1.php?s={parameter}&d={parameter}&f={parameter}
  • http://www.{BLOCKED}ine-movies.com/vck.php?s={parameter}&d={parameter}&f={parameter}
  • http://www.{BLOCKED}n-sweet.net/regist1.php?s={parameter}&d={parameter}&f={parameter}
  • http://www.{BLOCKED}n-sweet.net/vck.php?s={parameter}&d={parameter}&f={parameter}

This description is based on a compiled analysis of several variants of HTML_PORNY. Note that specific data such as file names and HTTP parameters may vary for each variant.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.200

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

8.278.03

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

10 Jul 2011

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