General

  • Target

    SMH-20211015-Request For Quote 100967-SPN.pdf (56KB).exe

  • Size

    721KB

  • Sample

    211117-zrkj1sbaar

  • MD5

    d095a956c7c94b27bdb21ebded88207d

  • SHA1

    90326a8d96ea3878ef4acafd12847f719ba141cd

  • SHA256

    c5a9b54887316170a328f0c1c1adab1db83debfe3b9f922c752c6f090c9abe9b

  • SHA512

    b3fb3d63d0a4e5dff906cfabc02465e140424d2c86e4d199aadf70528e338c875aef5f789ccf4be5de2a3a2117b9f5ea97ff5fb8f513684c13d260906c1a9ccb

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      SMH-20211015-Request For Quote 100967-SPN.pdf (56KB).exe

    • Size

      721KB

    • MD5

      d095a956c7c94b27bdb21ebded88207d

    • SHA1

      90326a8d96ea3878ef4acafd12847f719ba141cd

    • SHA256

      c5a9b54887316170a328f0c1c1adab1db83debfe3b9f922c752c6f090c9abe9b

    • SHA512

      b3fb3d63d0a4e5dff906cfabc02465e140424d2c86e4d199aadf70528e338c875aef5f789ccf4be5de2a3a2117b9f5ea97ff5fb8f513684c13d260906c1a9ccb

    • UAC bypass

    • Windows security bypass

    • XpertRAT

      XpertRAT is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.

    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry

    • Adds policy Run key to start application

    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

    • Deletes itself

    • Windows security modification

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Maps connected drives based on registry

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

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

2
T1060

Privilege Escalation

Bypass User Account Control

1
T1088

Defense Evasion

Bypass User Account Control

1
T1088

Disabling Security Tools

3
T1089

Modify Registry

6
T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2
T1497

Discovery

Query Registry

4
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2
T1497

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

Peripheral Device Discovery

1
T1120

Tasks