Threat Database Trojans Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK

Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK

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Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 90 % (High)
Infected Computers: 41
First Seen: March 21, 2013
Last Seen: March 28, 2020
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK is a computer virus, which is involved in a spam malware attack connected with the problems of Cyprus. Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK is spread via fake emails carrying malevolent attachments and links. The fraudulent email message dupes a target PC user into opening a harmful file, identified as Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK. The malignant links reroute a victim to a phishing website (hxxp://go-my.ru/cyprus_news.html), which is used to spread the Blackhole exploit kit. The PC infection uses the latest Java exploit CVE-2013-1493 and is recognized as Java/Exploit.Agent.NMK. Then the affected recipient is redirected 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.

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