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Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK

Posted: March 21, 2013

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 9/10
Infected PCs: 96
First Seen: March 21, 2013
Last Seen: March 28, 2020
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK is a Trojan, which is a component of a spam malware campaign pertaining to the Cyprus problems. Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK is distributed via unsolicited emails containing malicious attachments and links. The bogus email fools a victimized computer user into opening a malevolent file, detected as Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK. The infected links divert a recipient to a phishing website (hxxp://go-my.ru/cyprus_news.html), which disperses the Blackhole exploit kit. The malware infection uses the latest Java exploit CVE-2013-1493 and is detected as Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK. Then the attacked computer user is directed to the main page of BBC news. Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK takes advantage of a vulnerability to remotely access or affect a computer, server or program. Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK can identify numerous specially-crafted Java Class files that exploit vulnerabilities in the Java Virtual Machine (VM) to download and execute malicious files on the infected computer system. Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK uses a vulnerability to remotely access or corrupt a PC, server or application. Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK can recognize different specially-crafted Java Class files that exploit vulnerabilities in the Java Virtual Machine (VM) to drop and run malevolent files on the compromised PC.

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