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TROJ_PPDROP.M
Overview

Malware type: Trojan

Aliases: Trojan-Dropper.MSPPoint.Agent.au (Kaspersky), Exploit-PPT.i (McAfee), Trojan Horse (Symantec), EXP/Office.XDS.Gen (Avira), Exploit:Win32/Teppto.gen (Microsoft)

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:


Reported infections:

Damage potential:

High

Distribution potential:

Low

Description: 

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

TROJ_PPDROP.M Behavior Diagram

Malware Overview

This Trojan may be downloaded unknowingly by a user when visiting malicious Web sites.

It takes advantage of an undetermined vulnerability in MS PowerPoint in order to drop malicious files detected by Trend Micro as the following:

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

For additional information about this threat, see:
Solution
Technical Details

Description created: Jul. 8, 2008 9:00:00 AM GMT -0800

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