Analysis

  • max time kernel
    91s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10v20201028
  • 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:
    pm@unique-skill.com
  • 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 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Validation updates.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Validation updates.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4768
    • 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:3460
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /Create /TN name /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c6cf093e677949ea9693c0ce3a724a8a.xml"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:768
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Validation updates.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Validation updates.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:3788
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Validation updates.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Validation updates.exe"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3508
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Validation updates.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Validation updates.exe"
          3⤵
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3692

    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

      aa2f6636e997aaa0b01fbc78b1dabe52

      SHA1

      fd462100fc91975dcbea8e361cf1eb8a70f6ad54

      SHA256

      d710b6eda22285684579d8b547e5be2f48883c4bf8db39993b00df30f9dc8723

      SHA512

      6540a3bbdbd3ab51679d5b32380e6c288bf6eba2777d067d40bfe65642ccafecd18028b102dfa46ac189d84282da2b6cb202a4f307587c5639f86834788f5104

    • memory/768-5-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/3460-2-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/3508-3-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/3692-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      304KB

    • memory/3692-14-0x0000000005363000-0x0000000005364000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/3692-8-0x00000000013A0000-0x00000000013D6000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      216KB

    • memory/3692-10-0x0000000005870000-0x0000000005871000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/3692-4-0x000000000040188B-mapping.dmp
    • memory/3692-12-0x0000000005360000-0x0000000005361000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/3692-13-0x0000000005362000-0x0000000005363000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/3692-6-0x0000000073410000-0x0000000073AFE000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/3692-15-0x0000000005410000-0x0000000005411000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/3692-16-0x0000000005364000-0x0000000005365000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/3692-17-0x0000000006160000-0x0000000006161000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/3692-18-0x00000000061F0000-0x00000000061F1000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/3692-19-0x0000000006B70000-0x0000000006B71000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/3692-20-0x0000000006B20000-0x0000000006B21000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB