General

  • Target

    Expo_REQUEST FOR QUOTATION 2021-0912.PDF(79KB).exe

  • Size

    1.1MB

  • Sample

    211209-m1r91achfq

  • MD5

    1bad21957abf5597d295ed971faf1ffc

  • SHA1

    a72a8de5dcdcf6d7b71e932c482cfa69d81ff28d

  • SHA256

    97ccd53d7d9abd378152b48894064f0c226d40a40a19f9ca485bbf5c062d02ca

  • SHA512

    3101c0680c088575e1bf0835b2d2ad3d545cfb20360e163f3d81af02edc73ea72d3e24e30cb91aadb3db9d05267d21245ab2c8a21686e64ed9321ee4e09682a9

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      Expo_REQUEST FOR QUOTATION 2021-0912.PDF(79KB).exe

    • Size

      1.1MB

    • MD5

      1bad21957abf5597d295ed971faf1ffc

    • SHA1

      a72a8de5dcdcf6d7b71e932c482cfa69d81ff28d

    • SHA256

      97ccd53d7d9abd378152b48894064f0c226d40a40a19f9ca485bbf5c062d02ca

    • SHA512

      3101c0680c088575e1bf0835b2d2ad3d545cfb20360e163f3d81af02edc73ea72d3e24e30cb91aadb3db9d05267d21245ab2c8a21686e64ed9321ee4e09682a9

    • 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.

    • Windows security modification

    • Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts

    • 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

Collection

Email Collection

1
T1114

Tasks