Analysis

  • max time kernel
    166s
  • max time network
    204s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220331-en
  • submitted
    27-03-2022 01:09

General

  • Target

    382292e13fba8db3e1e50b6d7e604274a70c07418e09fa9b3b1532b20df6c6d7.exe

  • Size

    418KB

  • MD5

    1fb9ed11df573b8d7b760c35555303f8

  • SHA1

    0ff20a1f73b225c8efc056fd38bbc71b7110a666

  • SHA256

    382292e13fba8db3e1e50b6d7e604274a70c07418e09fa9b3b1532b20df6c6d7

  • SHA512

    7ab5dd57f8969570537e89397b8151e0f9eb3e99da73c53a403c0aa92806729a2bc7b9e35e9d669057e9a24d6bce20254dd6cc1937e545ec7db30c57c6f9af1d

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

matiex

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    ftp
  • Host:
    ftp://ftp.diamondassetinvest.com/
  • Port:
    21
  • Username:
    [email protected]
  • Password:
    Kilimanjaro@123

Signatures

  • Matiex

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

  • Matiex Main Payload 1 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.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • 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
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\382292e13fba8db3e1e50b6d7e604274a70c07418e09fa9b3b1532b20df6c6d7.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\382292e13fba8db3e1e50b6d7e604274a70c07418e09fa9b3b1532b20df6c6d7.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Maps connected drives based on registry
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2780
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\HXdZwyHsW" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3728.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:4928
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\382292e13fba8db3e1e50b6d7e604274a70c07418e09fa9b3b1532b20df6c6d7.exe
      "{path}"
      2⤵
      • Drops startup file
      • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      • outlook_office_path
      • outlook_win_path
      PID:3532
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        "netsh" wlan show profile
        3⤵
          PID:5016

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Persistence

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Privilege Escalation

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Defense Evasion

    Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

    2
    T1497

    Credential Access

    Credentials in Files

    3
    T1081

    Discovery

    Query Registry

    5
    T1012

    Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

    2
    T1497

    System Information Discovery

    4
    T1082

    Peripheral Device Discovery

    1
    T1120

    Collection

    Data from Local System

    3
    T1005

    Email Collection

    1
    T1114

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\382292e13fba8db3e1e50b6d7e604274a70c07418e09fa9b3b1532b20df6c6d7.exe.log
      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      531595e2b5f12461e210c410faf46d37

      SHA1

      4c163e51d2a43c5514f4064dd3bc9e9470ed752c

      SHA256

      40b7c802bfe6623c91a471cb1525738c9bc6e38125d3ea4c73b26f468ca83b51

      SHA512

      ac815c417c53b6a04415f022655ee4fe014f9f80c540b0b595e3dfc4e744458c2eaee5d535a14bc488a27afb5b53e5289eca23434fd1ba10ae231ae6678d1e6b

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3728.tmp
      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      6e49d8d1ec268e3d244d8944e4db16bf

      SHA1

      0ed336d3993bb8608963db5229395460470b890f

      SHA256

      255c0ff718fc0967c1c6232baaf6fd1120f8cbadc377e0e04ea057672635f6ab

      SHA512

      bb758adc19147b40b95297d7cf7501f5ca09eda29967802505fac93ac2a0a67e3a545796a49d3d5cbd20bab33f07685dbb101e074d35725c2a55e6fd7340e3a4

    • memory/2780-130-0x0000000006CF0000-0x0000000006D56000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/2780-127-0x00000000050E0000-0x00000000050EA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/2780-128-0x000000000A360000-0x000000000A88C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.2MB

    • memory/2780-129-0x0000000006880000-0x000000000691C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      624KB

    • memory/2780-124-0x0000000000180000-0x00000000001F2000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      456KB

    • memory/2780-126-0x0000000005100000-0x0000000005192000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      584KB

    • memory/2780-125-0x00000000054D0000-0x0000000005A74000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.6MB

    • memory/3532-133-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/3532-134-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      480KB

    • memory/3532-137-0x00000000075C0000-0x0000000007782000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      1.8MB

    • memory/4928-131-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/5016-136-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp