Analysis

  • max time kernel
    46s
  • max time network
    15s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20211208
  • submitted
    08-01-2022 12:24

General

  • Target

    jcef_helper.exe

  • Size

    720KB

  • MD5

    02b6f7bd556e311ea0a6db767a790d56

  • SHA1

    65d5f8b05fa2cdbbd14c147545aa236457cde5a5

  • SHA256

    97ed6221334e20650504e0ba8964687b66fcf89172a633ebcd6c1da09663405f

  • SHA512

    4a7f49a4487b0cbd4017c1cac1fb6484fa94efe681c236823d6ab4539b6c5a6038022a8e795b71d9b8336b4b1be6a9865101e7b6e9192e5bfef81188052c3e9e

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

cobaltstrike

Botnet

20410727

C2

http://111.123.50.143:443/c/msdownload/update/others/2021/10/29136388_

http://111.41.56.173:443/c/msdownload/update/others/2021/10/29136388_

http://218.68.91.40:443/c/msdownload/update/others/2021/10/29136388_

http://183.192.164.125:443/c/msdownload/update/others/2021/10/29136388_

Attributes
  • access_type

    512

  • beacon_type

    2048

  • host

    111.123.50.143,/c/msdownload/update/others/2021/10/29136388_,111.41.56.173,/c/msdownload/update/others/2021/10/29136388_,218.68.91.40,/c/msdownload/update/others/2021/10/29136388_,183.192.164.125,/c/msdownload/update/others/2021/10/29136388_

  • http_header1

    AAAACgAAAAtBY2NlcHQ6ICovKgAAAAcAAAAAAAAADQAAAAEAAAAELmNhYgAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=

  • http_header2

    AAAACgAAAAtBY2NlcHQ6ICovKgAAAAcAAAAAAAAADQAAAAEAAAAELmNhYgAAAAwAAAAHAAAAAQAAAA0AAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=

  • http_method1

    GET

  • http_method2

    POST

  • jitter

    2560

  • polling_time

    60000

  • port_number

    443

  • sc_process32

    %windir%\syswow64\wuauclt.exe

  • sc_process64

    %windir%\sysnative\wuauclt.exe

  • state_machine

    MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCfV7huVJOwPd8CSFoVk0MTd22Mdcih2TPn+E5z0nSvRP6CjkeS2oX0KywSL6JqPNwGNMGspBdLcWipYaE4c7bx59o0NjvU5qIaUqP+v1JIVnqL1pURznjBRhpjq4tbrrhugBGc0NycZ6Yg7TzxysAFm/+IrFyylTUQSl//57EIDwIDAQABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==

  • unknown1

    1.448416512e+09

  • unknown2

    AAAABAAAAA0AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==

  • uri

    /c/msdownload/update/others/2021/10/3215234_

  • user_agent

    Windows-Update-Agent/10.0.10011.16384 Client-Protocol/2.31

  • watermark

    20410727

Signatures

  • Cobaltstrike

    Detected malicious payload which is part of Cobaltstrike.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 31 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jcef_helper.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jcef_helper.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies system certificate store
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:944
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2020Äê¶ÈWPS¸Úλ¼¨Ð§¿¼ºË±íÕ÷ÇóÒâ¼ûºÍ¹æ·¶ - ·ÇÕýʽ°æ±¾.DOC"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1472
      • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
        C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
        3⤵
          PID:1980

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Defense Evasion

    Modify Registry

    2
    T1112

    Install Root Certificate

    1
    T1130

    Discovery

    System Information Discovery

    1
    T1082

    Replay Monitor

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2020Äê¶ÈWPS¸Úλ¼¨Ð§¿¼ºË±íÕ÷ÇóÒâ¼ûºÍ¹æ·¶ - ·ÇÕýʽ°æ±¾.DOC
      MD5

      a5627212c25c9076feddc1dbc343759e

      SHA1

      6e7391d335e453ddbeb1fb56ca84bc6e86ac1b5c

      SHA256

      dc7c70ff3ba251255c749f4348fcfc00985784c8d55a9306630d2ca6caa7bf45

      SHA512

      a08a15719abdde04108bc1d888db8ff21c1f268ba488c0d20f63e2719686f77adea30aaf2bc42b31c85974862450b22076a19b317d813a1161636e6858549583

    • memory/944-54-0x000007FEFBC11000-0x000007FEFBC13000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/944-57-0x0000000002380000-0x00000000023CE000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/944-56-0x00000000001E0000-0x0000000000236000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      344KB

    • memory/1472-55-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1472-58-0x0000000072701000-0x0000000072704000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      12KB

    • memory/1472-59-0x0000000070181000-0x0000000070183000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1472-60-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1472-61-0x0000000076151000-0x0000000076153000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1472-65-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1980-63-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp