Analysis

  • max time kernel
    105s
  • max time network
    104s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7v20201028
  • submitted
    19-01-2021 16:23

General

  • Target

    Validation updates.exe

  • Size

    468KB

  • MD5

    2833579cbc9745e6286e1f6a9aae1b59

  • SHA1

    833fabc94281d4b423b1874f87a7978cba5f2863

  • SHA256

    56d7482385631eaa41a5fe4b5bb2d7284cfe1035805512668b9495d0fd9c4a61

  • SHA512

    2d711fede262e29c6af210b6c80a1374726fdd8452cdfb351c2334274e7f35da96f3dd6d28c291d65d8f1be33c5336584bb3610a0a512aa91e6332ef77c990a6

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    mail.unique-skill.com
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    [email protected]
  • Password:
    1Cathy2boys

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

    Agent Tesla is a remote access tool (RAT) written in visual basic.

  • AgentTesla Payload 2 IoCs
  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Validation updates.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Validation updates.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1648
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /Create /TN name /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c6cf093e677949ea9693c0ce3a724a8a.xml"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1336
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /Create /TN name /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c6cf093e677949ea9693c0ce3a724a8a.xml"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1976
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Validation updates.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Validation updates.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1376

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Credential Access

Credentials in Files

3
T1081

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1
T1082

Collection

Data from Local System

3
T1005

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c6cf093e677949ea9693c0ce3a724a8a.xml
    MD5

    9313352a59e3b368ab4eb8173567c406

    SHA1

    fc776c28e3ae9bd5e68f25c2a4f6248126731370

    SHA256

    469d4994320f37196faca4de8ada85161a43dd42c9405b283bea5e4ea84c9a8d

    SHA512

    000f6edf387b4ea0f244003fad3f66be5eb1920012838ba3a19c3f2dcde973fce8450c8e556c22cc20f7a3a0980d735fb169ecfafd440993c9fe5b8875fc7462

  • memory/1336-3-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1376-5-0x000000000040188B-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1376-10-0x0000000072CC0000-0x00000000733AE000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/1376-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/1376-12-0x00000000001E0000-0x0000000000216000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    216KB

  • memory/1376-15-0x0000000001262000-0x0000000001263000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1376-14-0x0000000001261000-0x0000000001262000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1376-16-0x0000000001263000-0x0000000001264000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1376-17-0x0000000001264000-0x0000000001265000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1648-2-0x0000000074D11000-0x0000000074D13000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1976-7-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp