General

  • Target

    mavens.exe

  • Size

    3.4MB

  • Sample

    220215-nssq8seda2

  • MD5

    1445a079cffefabf92f9ee3d2c2c9c88

  • SHA1

    c1ab03fa2e44bafa4017246b2f5fc96852fe8364

  • SHA256

    d3aad4415b67f005f10853d19d7560f2ce3e9b85d41e87c278a6635e05996907

  • SHA512

    7e809d7cc0e6f29c275ca50c7f590f30fc627de98f9bcf9a6c20ef1929c917dd5f38df9f8d6bee5dd035816cbb18f37512928b6e15efcbaf05b96da0579e95db

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      mavens.exe

    • Size

      3.4MB

    • MD5

      1445a079cffefabf92f9ee3d2c2c9c88

    • SHA1

      c1ab03fa2e44bafa4017246b2f5fc96852fe8364

    • SHA256

      d3aad4415b67f005f10853d19d7560f2ce3e9b85d41e87c278a6635e05996907

    • SHA512

      7e809d7cc0e6f29c275ca50c7f590f30fc627de98f9bcf9a6c20ef1929c917dd5f38df9f8d6bee5dd035816cbb18f37512928b6e15efcbaf05b96da0579e95db

    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

    • Drops startup file

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Themida packer

      Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

Tasks