W2KM_MACOP.B

 Analysis by: Jennifer Gumban

 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.

It infects certain file types by inserting code in the said files.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

52,224 bytes

File Type:

DOC

Initial Samples Received Date:

17 Jul 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.

File Infection

This Trojan infects files with the following file extensions by inserting code in the said files:

  • .DOC

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

  • It prompts the affected system to exhibit some malicious routines once the document is opened, closed or when a new document is created.

This is the Trend Micro detection for Microsoft Word documents that are compromised through the insertion of a malicious macro.