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TROJ_ARTIEF.AO

October 08, 2012
 Analysis by: Roland Marco Dela Paz

 ALIASES:

Sophos : Troj/RTFDrp-B; Kaspersky : Exploit.MSWord.CVE-2010-3333.c

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Propagates via software vulnerabilities


This malware takes advantage of certain vulnerabilities to propagate.

This Trojan arrives as attachment to mass-mailed email messages.

It executes the dropped file(s). As a result, malicious routines of the dropped files are exhibited on the affected system.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

134,858 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Memory Resident:

No

Initial Samples Received Date:

08 Apr 2011

Payload:

Drops files

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives as attachment to mass-mailed email messages.

Installation

This Trojan drops the following files:

  • %User Temp%\svchost.exe - detected as BKDR_WOODINI.A

(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.)

Dropping Routine

This Trojan takes advantage of the following software vulnerabilities to drop malicious files: