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TROJ_UPATRE.ROD

January 23, 2014
 Analysis by: Mark Joseph Manahan
 ALIASES:

Troj/Mdrop-FRU (Sophos) ,Found Luhe.Fiha.A (AVG) ,W32/Trojan3.HBZ (exact) (Fprot) ,Trojan-Spy.Agent (Ikarus) ,Win32/TrojanDownloader.Waski.A trojan (Eset)

 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:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware


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 deletes itself after execution.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

19,456 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

11 Jan 2014

Payload:

Downloads files, Connects to URLs/IPs

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.

Installation

This Trojan drops the following copies of itself into the affected system and executes them:

  • %User Temp%\ieupdater.exe

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

Other Details

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

  • {BLOCKED}usociety.com/images/img_silde/themes/classic/pdf.exe
  • {BLOCKED}n.se/image/templates/pdf.exe

It deletes itself after execution.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.700

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

10.534.02

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

11 Jan 2014

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

10.535.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

12 Jan 2014

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_UPATRE.ROD. 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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