Malware Analysis Report

2025-08-05 12:05

Sample ID 211225-pwrtsaacb8
Target 7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe
SHA256 2570e4529bf20097068a2c4077330b27a910a018ba9967ed3ddde93c6aa81662
Tags
socelars discovery spyware stealer
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V6

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

2570e4529bf20097068a2c4077330b27a910a018ba9967ed3ddde93c6aa81662

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

socelars discovery spyware stealer

Socelars Payload

Socelars family

Socelars

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Looks up geolocation information via web service

Checks installed software on the system

Enumerates physical storage devices

Modifies system certificate store

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Kills process with taskkill

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2021-12-25 12:41

Signatures

Socelars Payload

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Socelars family

socelars

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2021-12-25 12:41

Reported

2021-12-25 12:43

Platform

win7-en-20211208

Max time kernel

118s

Max time network

121s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe"

Signatures

Socelars

stealer socelars

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

spyware stealer

Checks installed software on the system

discovery

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Looks up geolocation information via web service

Enumerates physical storage devices

Kills process with taskkill

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe N/A

Modifies system certificate store

evasion spyware trojan
Description Indicator Process Target
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\A8985D3A65E5E5C4B2D7D66D40C6DD2FB19C5436 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Set value (data) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\A8985D3A65E5E5C4B2D7D66D40C6DD2FB19C5436\Blob = 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 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeLockMemoryPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeMachineAccountPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeTcbPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeCreatePermanentPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeBackupPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeRestorePrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeAuditPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeUndockPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeSyncAgentPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeEnableDelegationPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: 31 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: 32 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: 34 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: 35 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im chrome.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe

taskkill /f /im chrome.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 www.listincode.com udp
US 149.28.253.196:443 www.listincode.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 statuse.digitalcertvalidation.com udp
US 93.184.220.29:80 statuse.digitalcertvalidation.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 iplogger.org udp
DE 148.251.234.83:443 iplogger.org tcp
DE 148.251.234.83:443 iplogger.org tcp
DE 148.251.234.83:443 iplogger.org tcp
DE 148.251.234.83:443 iplogger.org tcp

Files

memory/1316-55-0x0000000074B21000-0x0000000074B23000-memory.dmp

memory/588-56-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/784-57-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2021-12-25 12:41

Reported

2021-12-25 12:43

Platform

win10-en-20211208

Max time kernel

83s

Max time network

123s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe"

Signatures

Socelars

stealer socelars

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

spyware stealer

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Looks up geolocation information via web service

Enumerates physical storage devices

Kills process with taskkill

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeLockMemoryPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeMachineAccountPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeTcbPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeCreatePermanentPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeBackupPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeRestorePrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeAuditPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeUndockPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeSyncAgentPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeEnableDelegationPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: 31 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: 32 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: 34 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: 35 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b5d9e5737b3b7a1110f13cb72ca5842.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im chrome.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe

taskkill /f /im chrome.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 52.109.8.19:443 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 www.listincode.com udp
US 149.28.253.196:443 www.listincode.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 statuse.digitalcertvalidation.com udp
US 93.184.220.29:80 statuse.digitalcertvalidation.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 iplogger.org udp
DE 148.251.234.83:443 iplogger.org tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 time.windows.com udp
US 168.61.215.74:123 time.windows.com udp

Files

memory/3192-115-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/580-116-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp