Analysis

  • max time kernel
    165s
  • max time network
    164s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-en-20220112
  • submitted
    05-02-2022 15:49

General

  • Target

    a00b8f8bc69f5c71136f4f4dc60e6ac0.exe

  • Size

    3.3MB

  • MD5

    a00b8f8bc69f5c71136f4f4dc60e6ac0

  • SHA1

    8be1e7ea88fff28314d0d52ded564bdca8654ce4

  • SHA256

    427abc2035bd94beb2512e021757f81b9fbac201eb72018296889a8509e56072

  • SHA512

    edb33962b03120a6aada572723a4fcc8ae16968f516c91587f0a243e00816360187dc791a25f23aa69afb96b25381a68bd96558e8305ff10fb6de98957f66ed0

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Process spawned unexpected child process 11 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Themida packer 6 IoCs

    Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 11 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 7 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 11 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 47 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a00b8f8bc69f5c71136f4f4dc60e6ac0.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a00b8f8bc69f5c71136f4f4dc60e6ac0.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2852
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\deRodmE1iE.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1572
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\w32tm.exe
        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3448
        • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
          w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
          4⤵
            PID:1380
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Multimedia Platform\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Multimedia Platform\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks BIOS information in registry
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4072
    • C:\Windows\system32\MusNotifyIcon.exe
      %systemroot%\system32\MusNotifyIcon.exe NotifyTrayIcon 13
      1⤵
      • Checks processor information in registry
      PID:2468
    • C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p
      1⤵
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:3732
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\odt\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:560
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Multimedia Platform\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:3344
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppxManifest\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:8
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\DtcInstall\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:4076
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\playtomenu\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:3872
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:3184
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRun" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\ClientCapabilities\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1948
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObj" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\KBDLT\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2168
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsass" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\WpPortingLibrary\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2588
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\HelpPane\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:3000
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\fms\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:3964

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Persistence

    Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

    1
    T1060

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Privilege Escalation

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Defense Evasion

    Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

    1
    T1497

    Modify Registry

    1
    T1112

    Discovery

    Query Registry

    4
    T1012

    Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

    1
    T1497

    System Information Discovery

    5
    T1082

    Replay Monitor

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    Downloads

    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Multimedia Platform\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
      MD5

      a00b8f8bc69f5c71136f4f4dc60e6ac0

      SHA1

      8be1e7ea88fff28314d0d52ded564bdca8654ce4

      SHA256

      427abc2035bd94beb2512e021757f81b9fbac201eb72018296889a8509e56072

      SHA512

      edb33962b03120a6aada572723a4fcc8ae16968f516c91587f0a243e00816360187dc791a25f23aa69afb96b25381a68bd96558e8305ff10fb6de98957f66ed0

    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Multimedia Platform\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
      MD5

      a00b8f8bc69f5c71136f4f4dc60e6ac0

      SHA1

      8be1e7ea88fff28314d0d52ded564bdca8654ce4

      SHA256

      427abc2035bd94beb2512e021757f81b9fbac201eb72018296889a8509e56072

      SHA512

      edb33962b03120a6aada572723a4fcc8ae16968f516c91587f0a243e00816360187dc791a25f23aa69afb96b25381a68bd96558e8305ff10fb6de98957f66ed0

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\deRodmE1iE.bat
      MD5

      58e37eab81ee5b21b1d91f59a6e10432

      SHA1

      0b8b0957fbf566dc6cd44528194ee7f6599ce3e6

      SHA256

      d374859bdd78678119c39038e5b689599af21e94002ecd2e52484194583129c4

      SHA512

      acd63b85e48ef50b6670c2de8ae410e62e8ab3851dbc9b524211b9bc05556a7523c1eee733a83310b1263ad92d341305ab9298be4f6c9d8bc461301a56cb659e

    • memory/2852-132-0x00000000008F0000-0x00000000011C6000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8.8MB

    • memory/2852-133-0x00000000008F0000-0x00000000011C6000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8.8MB

    • memory/2852-134-0x0000000005EA0000-0x0000000006444000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.6MB

    • memory/2852-135-0x0000000003670000-0x00000000036A1000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      196KB

    • memory/2852-136-0x0000000005AD0000-0x0000000005B36000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/4072-142-0x0000000000F80000-0x0000000001856000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8.8MB

    • memory/4072-143-0x0000000000F80000-0x0000000001856000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8.8MB

    • memory/4072-144-0x0000000006310000-0x0000000006311000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB