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JAVA_EXPLOYT.RO

July 26, 2013
 Analysis by: Alvin Bacani

 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: Yes

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Dropped by other malware, Downloaded from the Internet


This malware is related to the Blackhole Exploit kit spam campaign on July 2013. This campaign used the birth of the Royal Baby and the controversy of the movie Ender's Game as lures. Users affected by this threat are redirected to malicious websites that exploit certain vulnerabilities to download malware onto their system. This causes the users' system to exhibit the downloaded malware's malicious routines.

To get a one-glance comprehensive view of the behavior of this Trojan, refer to the Threat Diagram shown below.

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 arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

37,457 bytes

File Type:

Java

Initial Samples Received Date:

25 Jul 2013

Payload:

Connects to URLs/IPs, Downloads files

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.

It arrives as a component bundled with malware/grayware packages.

Download Routine

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

Step 3

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Step 4

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