TROJ_CVE20120158.JNE

 Analysis by: Jeanne Jocson

 ALIASES:

Exploit:Win32/CVE-2012-0158 (Microsoft), Trojan.Win32.Exploit (Ikarus), Win32/Exploit.Agent.NBF (ESET), Exploit.Win32.CVE-2012-0158.j (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.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

612,117 bytes

Initial Samples Received Date:

08 Mar 2016

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.

Dropping Routine

This Trojan drops the following files:

  • %User Profile%\svchost.exe

(Note: %User Profile% is the current user's profile folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name} on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name} on Windows Vista and 7.)

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.800

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

12.388.08

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

07 Mar 2016

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

12.389.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

08 Mar 2016

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