Analysis by: Henry Alarcon Jr.
ALIASES:

Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.A!ml(MICROSOFT); HackTool.Patcher(Malwarebytes); HackTool:Win32/Patcher.32303905(Alibaba)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

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

  • Threat Type: Hacking Tool

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Hacking Tool arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites. It may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 537,600 bytes
File Type: EXE
File Compression: Aspack
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 09 Oct 2019

Arrival Details

This Hacking Tool arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It may be manually installed by a user.

Other Details

This Hacking Tool does the following:

  • It can be used to load and patch Adobe application DLL and executable.
  • It requires Administrative privilege to run properly.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
SSAPI PATTERN File: 2.225.00
SSAPI PATTERN Date: 17 Oct 2019

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as PUA.Win32.PATCHER.USMANEABAO. 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 the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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