Analysis by: John Anthony Banes
ALIASES:

Exploit.Win32.ShadowBrokers.aa (Kaspersky); Troj/Equation-C (Sophos Lite); Trojan:Win32/Eqtonex!rfn (Microsoft)

 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 may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component. It 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: 142,848 bytes
File Type: DLL
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 15 Apr 2017

Arrival Details

This Trojan may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

It 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 Trojan does the following:

  • This Trojan may exploit a vulnerability in Server Message Block (SMB) protocols.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 13.416.06
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 19 May 2017
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 13.417.80
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 20 May 2017

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 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 TROJ_EQUATED.J. 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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