Analysis by: Mark Joseph Manahan
ALIASES:

Troj/20132729-H (Sophos) ,Trojan horse Exploit_c.AAOD (AVG) ,PDF/CVE_2013_2729.A!exploit (Fortinet) ,JS/Exploit (exact, not disinfectable) (Fprot) ,Exploit.PDF (Ikarus) ,HEUR:Exploit.PDF.Generic (Kaspersky) ,Exploit:Win32/CVE-2013-2729 (Microsoft) ,RDN/Generic Exploit!1m3 (McAfee) ,PDF/Exploit.CVE-2013-2729.E trojan (Eset) ,Trojan.Pidief (Symantec)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 11,300 bytes
File Type: PDF
Initial Samples Received Date: 12 May 2014

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives as an attachment to email messages spammed by other malware/grayware or malicious users.

Download Routine

This Trojan saves the files it downloads using the following names:

  • %Temporary Internet Files%\1.exe

(Note: %Temporary Internet Files% is the Temporary Internet Files folder, which is usually C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files on Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, or C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files on Windows Vista and 7.)

Other Details

This Trojan attempts to access the following websites to download files, which are possibly malicious:

  • http://{BLOCKED}eam.eu/images/1.exe