Malware Analysis Report

2025-06-16 02:26

Sample ID 220222-zqxg7aehcn
Target 0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6
SHA256 0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6
Tags
hawkeye collection keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan
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

0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

hawkeye collection keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan

Nirsoft

HawkEye

NirSoft WebBrowserPassView

NirSoft MailPassView

Nirsoft

Executes dropped EXE

Deletes itself

Loads dropped DLL

Uses the VBS compiler for execution

Looks up external IP address via web service

Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts

Adds Run key to start application

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Enumerates physical storage devices

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2022-02-22 20:55

Signatures

Nirsoft

Description Indicator Process Target
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NirSoft MailPassView

Description Indicator Process Target
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NirSoft WebBrowserPassView

Description Indicator Process Target
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Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2022-02-22 20:55

Reported

2022-02-22 21:08

Platform

win7-en-20211208

Max time kernel

142s

Max time network

133s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6.exe"

Signatures

HawkEye

keylogger trojan stealer spyware hawkeye

NirSoft MailPassView

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NirSoft WebBrowserPassView

Description Indicator Process Target
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Nirsoft

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Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe N/A

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe N/A

Uses the VBS compiler for execution

Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts

collection
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3846991908-3261386348-1409841751-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3846991908-3261386348-1409841751-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Windows Update = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\WindowsUpdate.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe N/A

Looks up external IP address via web service

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A whatismyipaddress.com N/A N/A
N/A whatismyipaddress.com N/A N/A
N/A whatismyipaddress.com N/A N/A

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 760 set thread context of 1844 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 set thread context of 1492 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe N/A

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1212 wrote to memory of 760 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe
PID 1212 wrote to memory of 760 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe
PID 1212 wrote to memory of 760 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe
PID 1212 wrote to memory of 760 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe
PID 1212 wrote to memory of 760 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe
PID 1212 wrote to memory of 760 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe
PID 1212 wrote to memory of 760 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1844 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1844 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1844 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1844 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1844 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1844 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1844 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1844 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1844 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1844 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1492 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1492 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1492 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1492 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1492 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1492 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1492 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1492 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1492 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1492 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1616 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1616 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1616 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe
PID 760 wrote to memory of 1616 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe"

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holdermail.txt"

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holderwb.txt"

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe

dw20.exe -x -s 452

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 whatismyipaddress.com udp
US 104.16.154.36:80 whatismyipaddress.com tcp
US 104.16.154.36:443 whatismyipaddress.com tcp
US 104.16.154.36:443 whatismyipaddress.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 smtp.gmail.com udp
US 142.250.102.108:587 smtp.gmail.com tcp
US 142.250.102.108:587 smtp.gmail.com tcp

Files

memory/1212-54-0x0000000075891000-0x0000000075893000-memory.dmp

memory/1212-56-0x0000000001F30000-0x0000000001F31000-memory.dmp

memory/1212-55-0x0000000074851000-0x0000000074852000-memory.dmp

memory/1212-57-0x0000000074852000-0x0000000074854000-memory.dmp

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe

MD5 d88af359378d2afd51635420f0b1d817
SHA1 1ae351776af8c551d9d5b4a905ead037b354dda9
SHA256 0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6
SHA512 76179ddf5700fe4827181f03e06ba3e135a5af42c1662f3c5fc43dbe6d5653ce5b031ee14fee02b16165d9b40f84da527941353e8be5ae7336a300c73f5fcdb4

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe

MD5 d88af359378d2afd51635420f0b1d817
SHA1 1ae351776af8c551d9d5b4a905ead037b354dda9
SHA256 0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6
SHA512 76179ddf5700fe4827181f03e06ba3e135a5af42c1662f3c5fc43dbe6d5653ce5b031ee14fee02b16165d9b40f84da527941353e8be5ae7336a300c73f5fcdb4

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe

MD5 d88af359378d2afd51635420f0b1d817
SHA1 1ae351776af8c551d9d5b4a905ead037b354dda9
SHA256 0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6
SHA512 76179ddf5700fe4827181f03e06ba3e135a5af42c1662f3c5fc43dbe6d5653ce5b031ee14fee02b16165d9b40f84da527941353e8be5ae7336a300c73f5fcdb4

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SysInfo.txt

MD5 2283d59b084aad6ef79af23ec587ccf1
SHA1 8bb2059644e75c494d4c3c935e2f77a3c50155ed
SHA256 b6e00a888ffc1e8640a7318f518514112fe143f091eb84c263ae6b33216f7a24
SHA512 4ec3925ce652023760e658b89842e6ff1ce11f631bd6a6cde7350cb7f1f6bd6d5b3c2dbbfefe675db9b155e6243f65ce9e858707ac6111b94933f94ed2d1e9a0

memory/760-64-0x0000000001FF0000-0x0000000001FF1000-memory.dmp

memory/760-63-0x0000000074851000-0x0000000074852000-memory.dmp

memory/760-65-0x0000000074852000-0x0000000074854000-memory.dmp

memory/760-66-0x0000000002006000-0x0000000002007000-memory.dmp

memory/1844-67-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

memory/1844-69-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

memory/1492-70-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

memory/1492-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holderwb.txt

MD5 f3b25701fe362ec84616a93a45ce9998
SHA1 d62636d8caec13f04e28442a0a6fa1afeb024bbb
SHA256 b3d510ef04275ca8e698e5b3cbb0ece3949ef9252f0cdc839e9ee347409a2209
SHA512 98c5f56f3de340690c139e58eb7dac111979f0d4dffe9c4b24ff849510f4b6ffa9fd608c0a3de9ac3c9fd2190f0efaf715309061490f9755a9bfdf1c54ca0d84

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe

MD5 d88af359378d2afd51635420f0b1d817
SHA1 1ae351776af8c551d9d5b4a905ead037b354dda9
SHA256 0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6
SHA512 76179ddf5700fe4827181f03e06ba3e135a5af42c1662f3c5fc43dbe6d5653ce5b031ee14fee02b16165d9b40f84da527941353e8be5ae7336a300c73f5fcdb4

memory/1616-76-0x0000000001E40000-0x0000000001E41000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2022-02-22 20:55

Reported

2022-02-22 21:09

Platform

win10v2004-en-20220112

Max time kernel

101s

Max time network

173s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6.exe"

Signatures

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0b34a3b62a081aaf79b21e11c99e19cae47b59effa40361fb39d195997e92bc6.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\fondue.exe

"C:\Windows\system32\fondue.exe" /enable-feature:NetFx3 /caller-name:mscoreei.dll

C:\Windows\system32\FonDUE.EXE

"C:\Windows\sysnative\FonDUE.EXE" /enable-feature:NetFx3 /caller-name:mscoreei.dll

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
NL 104.80.228.57:443 tcp
US 93.184.220.29:80 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 geo.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com udp
US 52.184.217.20:443 geo.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 kv801.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com udp
NL 184.29.205.60:443 kv801.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 cp801.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com udp
NL 184.29.205.60:443 cp801.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com tcp
NL 184.29.205.60:443 cp801.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 cp801.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com udp
NL 184.29.205.60:443 cp801.prod.do.dsp.mp.microsoft.com tcp

Files

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