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Virus:ALisp/Bursted.BA


First posted on 02 November 2011.
Source: SecurityHome

Aliases :

Virus:ALisp/Bursted.BA is also known as ACAD/Bursted (AVG), Trojan.Lisp.Bursted.A (BitDefender), Virus.ALS.Bursted (Ikarus), Virus.Acad.Bursted.a (Kaspersky), ALS/Bursted (McAfee), ALS.Bursted.B (Symantec).

Explanation :

Virus:ALisp/Bursted.BA is a script virus written in AutoLisp for AutoCAD, a computer-aided drafting application. The virus infects other AutoLisp script files with a file extension ".lsp".


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Virus:ALisp/Bursted.BA is a script virus written in AutoLisp for AutoCAD, a computer-aided drafting application. The virus infects other AutoLisp script files with a file extension ".lsp".

The malware checks for an AutoCAD installation by searching for the file "base.dcl".

The following files may be created in the user's AutoCAD directory under %AppData%:

  • acad.lsp
  • acadiso.lsp


The virus undefines the following script commands, which it may attempt to redefine with with other functionality:

  • attedit
  • xref
  • xbind


The virus also defines a new command, named 'burst'.



Analysis by Ray Roberts

Last update 02 November 2011

 

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