General

  • Target

    cheeto.exe

  • Size

    4.1MB

  • Sample

    240428-e8m19agb86

  • MD5

    72fe0afcfe7ffc7dcdcb9776101fa87e

  • SHA1

    8ac91216cb57e974d59d296181c06a29e4b16a78

  • SHA256

    9ccb2a1105f5cdbff7a8fddad84717d3fcac6d444d47d1eae03190a6ddb17ded

  • SHA512

    e9a4f501874a59cbc8d929449ce907c419bfe591c5a0185b986395fdef4080e0812ecbafbdeaeb0d31834c48271d335b73863116a0a68eeed4ab4b93c95d6f5c

  • SSDEEP

    98304:tvsPd5/B1titmIlwGOJeoB79guHsk8R/c:NALambG7oB79ghkv

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      cheeto.exe

    • Size

      4.1MB

    • MD5

      72fe0afcfe7ffc7dcdcb9776101fa87e

    • SHA1

      8ac91216cb57e974d59d296181c06a29e4b16a78

    • SHA256

      9ccb2a1105f5cdbff7a8fddad84717d3fcac6d444d47d1eae03190a6ddb17ded

    • SHA512

      e9a4f501874a59cbc8d929449ce907c419bfe591c5a0185b986395fdef4080e0812ecbafbdeaeb0d31834c48271d335b73863116a0a68eeed4ab4b93c95d6f5c

    • SSDEEP

      98304:tvsPd5/B1titmIlwGOJeoB79guHsk8R/c:NALambG7oB79ghkv

    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

    • Sets service image path in registry

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

      BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

    • Themida packer

      Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1
T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1
T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Subvert Trust Controls

1
T1553

Install Root Certificate

1
T1553.004

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Tasks