Analysis

  • max time kernel
    4294180s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220311-en
  • submitted
    24-03-2022 20:03

General

  • Target

    af5294cacf991f14f15ce90f8be38188b54e46d4fd1d8f509f946d8cde3ef3ae.exe

  • Size

    468KB

  • MD5

    6d054ce190fd0da92b895d7cb5397b03

  • SHA1

    3bd56aa669000a6c19223bda713dc313f8279771

  • SHA256

    af5294cacf991f14f15ce90f8be38188b54e46d4fd1d8f509f946d8cde3ef3ae

  • SHA512

    58697957dde090133d027b13a18d462c786ac41c11c32faef0b2751e30b37530e0ec9368c3beac6f4077e1d42f89a1a76eb95cacf3c93a2b0d5e8411fcec2e29

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

matiex

C2

https://api.telegram.org/bot1428011164:AAFKIFGek20EZJPbNxOt7K2R-Cf-IiVGehs/sendMessage?chat_id=1280541017

Signatures

  • Matiex

    Matiex is a keylogger and infostealer first seen in July 2020.

  • Matiex Main Payload 6 IoCs
  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs
  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\af5294cacf991f14f15ce90f8be38188b54e46d4fd1d8f509f946d8cde3ef3ae.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\af5294cacf991f14f15ce90f8be38188b54e46d4fd1d8f509f946d8cde3ef3ae.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Maps connected drives based on registry
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1808
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\af5294cacf991f14f15ce90f8be38188b54e46d4fd1d8f509f946d8cde3ef3ae.exe
      "{path}"
      2⤵
      • Drops startup file
      • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      • outlook_office_path
      • outlook_win_path
      PID:1968
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        "netsh" wlan show profile
        3⤵
          PID:284

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Defense Evasion

    Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

    2
    T1497

    Credential Access

    Credentials in Files

    3
    T1081

    Discovery

    Query Registry

    4
    T1012

    Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

    2
    T1497

    System Information Discovery

    2
    T1082

    Peripheral Device Discovery

    1
    T1120

    Collection

    Data from Local System

    3
    T1005

    Email Collection

    1
    T1114

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    Downloads

    • memory/284-69-0x0000000076AC1000-0x0000000076AC3000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/284-68-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1808-54-0x0000000001290000-0x000000000130A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      488KB

    • memory/1808-55-0x0000000000990000-0x00000000009A4000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      80KB

    • memory/1808-56-0x00000000081E0000-0x0000000008296000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      728KB

    • memory/1968-60-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/1968-61-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/1968-62-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/1968-63-0x0000000000471F5E-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1968-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/1968-67-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/1968-58-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/1968-57-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      472KB