ELF_SLICE.NIL

 Analysis by: RonJay Kristoffer Caragay

 ALIASES:

Flooder.Linux.Slice (Ikarus),Flooder.Linux.Slice.a (Kaspersky), Trojan:Linux/Slice.A(Microsoft), Flooder.Linux.Slice.a (v)(Sunbelt)

 PLATFORM:

Linux/Unix

 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.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

16,776 bytes

File Type:

ELF

Initial Samples Received Date:

05 Feb 2014

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.

NOTES:

This Trojan has the capability to perform network spoofing. It may spoof specific network hosts which depends on the parameters it accepts.

This Trojan may flood a specific port of the affected system which depends on the parameters it accepts.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.700

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

10.586.05

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

05 Feb 2014

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

10.587.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

06 Feb 2014

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as ELF_SLICE.NIL. 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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