Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a
Posted: December 5, 2013
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| Ranking: | 4,743 |
|---|---|
| Threat Level: | 1/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 5,769 |
| First Seen: | December 5, 2013 |
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| Last Seen: | October 16, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a is an HTML-based exploit that may initiate drive-by-downloads to install threats onto vulnerable PCs. An Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a attack may be hosted on corrupted sites, but frequently are hosted on legitimate websites with poor security that have suffered from being hacked as a direct result. Many of the latest examples of Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a attacks have attempted to install the equivalent of a backdoor Trojan, which opens a connection between your PC and direct criminal control. However, these attacks don't need to show easily detectable symptoms, and malware experts would consider it critical to use dependable PC security solutions to block Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a attacks or remove their payloads from your computer.
A Casual Hello from a Trojan to Your Browser
Effective distribution often is the sticking point wherein threat attacks often fail to achieve their desired goals, with many reliant on easily-subverted formats like e-mail file attachments or other methods of consensual installation. Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a is a showcase of how such attacks also may be implemented non-consensually, with the drive-by-download triggering as soon as your browser loads the host website. Although malware experts did note that current variants of the Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a open a basic 'Hello' pop-up window, which may be an easy identifier for the attack, this pop-up may not be included in all versions of Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a attacks.
Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a had reasonably competent criminal coders at its helm, and used sophisticated methods of avoiding default Windows security features to inject code into a custom-spawned memory process. Encryption also is used to protect Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a from being identified by appropriate security programs. However, Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a is specific to Internet Explorer, and recently patched versions of the browser should be protected against currently-identified versions of this PC threat.
When successful, Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a installs a backdoor Trojan that creates a connection between the compromised PC and a criminal server. Through this server, criminals may reconfigure your PC for future attacks, install new threats or instruct your PC to engage in self-destructive behavior. In most cases, the theft of financial information and information related to potentially profitable online accounts should be assumed to be a risk wherever these backdoor security lapses are found.
Outracing an Exploit to the Latest in PC Security
Although unpatched or 'zero-day' exploits do exist, Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a isn't an example of one of them, and keeping Internet Explorer updated on all of its security upgrades should be the only thing necessary for blocking current variants of Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a. On the other hand, with drive-by-download PC threats often being updated or subverted by new models, you also might want to look into other forms of protection. These can include using an unpopular Web browser, utilizing sandbox tools, blocking scripts and, of course, having strong anti-malware defenses.
Contact with sites that you suspect of being compromised by Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a always should be followed by an immediate anti-malware analysis of your computer. Drive-by-download attacks of the sort used by Exploit.HTML.CVE-2013-3918.a, and other online exploits, don't need to show symptoms or request your permission to succeed. Similarly, the payloads of these PC threats also may be effectively invisible without anti-malware tools to track them down.
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