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| Detected | Jul 01 2011 07:52 GMT |
| Released | Jul 01 2011 09:45 GMT |
| Published | Sep 19 2011 08:27 GMT |
An exploit that uses the vulnerabilities in Adobe – Reader and Acrobat products for its implementation on the user's computer. The file is an XFA (XML Forms Architecture) containing malicious Java Script. 43051 bytes.
The malicious XFA form content is initialized and launched after opening a specially created infected PDF document containing this form. As the "initialize" event handler in the XFA form, it uses obfuscated malicious Java Script. After removing the obfuscation, the trojan uses the vulnerability which arises on account of over-filling the buffer when incorrectly processing arguments in "libtiff.dll" (CVE-2010-0188) to download the file located at the following link:
http://ktr***x.cc/d.php?f=360&e=6The trojan then saves the file in the browser's temporary file directory:
%Temporary Internet Files%\<name of_temporary_file>After successfully saving the file, the infected file is then launched for execution. The link did not work when creating the description. Vulnerable products include Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8 (up to version 8.2.1) and 9 (up to version 9.3.1).
If your computer has not been protected with anti-virus software and has been infected with malware, you will need to take the following actions to delete this:
%Temporary Internet Files%
MD5: 6209f86a1ba16c7c1ca0008eb49dd1d6
SHA1: 80816defd9dd9b6b59aed980c75df745717f0c89
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