Sophos

Troj/Edepol-C

Aliases
  • BackDoor-CEP
  • trojan
  • Backdoor.Bifrose.E
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Included in our products from September 2006 (4.09)
Protection available since 14 July 2006 14:01:58 (GMT)
Detected by All Sophos products

Action

More Information

Troj/Edepol-C is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

Troj/Edepol-C has been seen being dropped and run by a malicious PowerPoint file exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint. Troj/Edepol-C is a backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.

When first run Troj/Edepol-C copies itself to <System>\rtfmsv.exe and <System>\regvrt.exe.

Troj/Edepol-C attempts to inject a DLL into the explorer.exe process. This DLL monitors keystrokes and periodically submits the logged data to a preconfigured IP address.

The Trojan may attempt to disable Anti-virus applications.

Troj/Edepol-C has been seen being dropped and run by a malicious PowerPoint file exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint.

The following registry entries are created to run rtfmsv.exe on startup:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
StartKey
<System>\rtfmsv.exe

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\(A5CDF7EC-751B-46aa-AD69-4005FE080DE9)
stubpath
<System>\rtfmsv.exe s

Registry entries are created under:

HKCU\Software\SKavx\

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