Analysis

  • max time kernel
    118s
  • max time network
    122s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220414-en
  • submitted
    15-04-2022 12:56

General

  • Target

    8eff817d4a8ab57a51dd2863e8d1323ebac8158f558bceb9da56ebb08da1efc2.exe

  • Size

    7.0MB

  • MD5

    bf006c9b0da0a6a76cc818fd6c4332b2

  • SHA1

    fa71947f41bc5900d793cda9e0edaaa79774750c

  • SHA256

    8eff817d4a8ab57a51dd2863e8d1323ebac8158f558bceb9da56ebb08da1efc2

  • SHA512

    e0929448f3d4bd6c1bc0c749ea23eb756f6eaf64fe2e014d16a38c8aeb870077e35691d9cb7dd813f5af38d8d72d8cf8ec02e38906135b8235b91af6793ce05b

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

matiex

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    smtp.privateemail.com
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    [email protected]
  • Password:
    MARYolanmauluogwo@ever

Signatures

  • Matiex

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

  • Matiex Main Payload 1 IoCs
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs
  • Turns off Windows Defender SpyNet reporting 2 TTPs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Drops startup file 2 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.

  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 11 IoCs
  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 15 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8eff817d4a8ab57a51dd2863e8d1323ebac8158f558bceb9da56ebb08da1efc2.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8eff817d4a8ab57a51dd2863e8d1323ebac8158f558bceb9da56ebb08da1efc2.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops startup file
    • Windows security modification
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2912
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\8eff817d4a8ab57a51dd2863e8d1323ebac8158f558bceb9da56ebb08da1efc2.exe" -Force
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2916
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\8eff817d4a8ab57a51dd2863e8d1323ebac8158f558bceb9da56ebb08da1efc2.exe" -Force
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4012
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\8eff817d4a8ab57a51dd2863e8d1323ebac8158f558bceb9da56ebb08da1efc2.exe" -Force
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3144
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8eff817d4a8ab57a51dd2863e8d1323ebac8158f558bceb9da56ebb08da1efc2.exe" -Force
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1324
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8eff817d4a8ab57a51dd2863e8d1323ebac8158f558bceb9da56ebb08da1efc2.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8eff817d4a8ab57a51dd2863e8d1323ebac8158f558bceb9da56ebb08da1efc2.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1364
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8eff817d4a8ab57a51dd2863e8d1323ebac8158f558bceb9da56ebb08da1efc2.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8eff817d4a8ab57a51dd2863e8d1323ebac8158f558bceb9da56ebb08da1efc2.exe"
        2⤵
        • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        • outlook_office_path
        • outlook_win_path
        PID:3432
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
          "netsh" wlan show profile
          3⤵
            PID:4708
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2912 -s 2280
          2⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:4732
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 460 -p 2912 -ip 2912
        1⤵
          PID:2752

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          Filesize

          18KB

          MD5

          c823f38e558ff0e0a4eb1e92646f4d1e

          SHA1

          cdf97cba35010f259f0f46a8b7f88df014031e96

          SHA256

          3956e014345ee954a6a43099a7a12de45e46cc39c24376319939a6c876f437e4

          SHA512

          4fe86fb402cde4880c747d4cb2ab3cbfc051768f691f692e64e658828afa1630180368f295ad7b51278a94a14efb999bfd4108c99b8e48d63006a509f0c4b31c

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          Filesize

          18KB

          MD5

          c823f38e558ff0e0a4eb1e92646f4d1e

          SHA1

          cdf97cba35010f259f0f46a8b7f88df014031e96

          SHA256

          3956e014345ee954a6a43099a7a12de45e46cc39c24376319939a6c876f437e4

          SHA512

          4fe86fb402cde4880c747d4cb2ab3cbfc051768f691f692e64e658828afa1630180368f295ad7b51278a94a14efb999bfd4108c99b8e48d63006a509f0c4b31c

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          Filesize

          18KB

          MD5

          daf7be85c114e5aef130cbf7584a52e1

          SHA1

          67f708c62a46bdfe0b9b4aa21db99ed9ffa9b470

          SHA256

          17ab418ebdf9c76cb6ea9d232abfc04bf2b8b097ba64a47b43ea9723dfbd94e8

          SHA512

          8bbd9796d3e28cc2099c4728f521315976384860731d77fef9a238f0f45e4054708392bd7a78d9df53614b546d155ec115831a6c203d7eeb632b626db74a9d1d

        • memory/1324-155-0x000000006FF30000-0x000000006FF7C000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          304KB

        • memory/1324-137-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
        • memory/1324-149-0x00000000048D5000-0x00000000048D7000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          8KB

        • memory/1364-143-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
        • memory/2912-131-0x00000000150F0000-0x000000001518C000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          624KB

        • memory/2912-132-0x0000000006230000-0x00000000067D4000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          5.6MB

        • memory/2912-130-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000001242000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          7.0MB

        • memory/2916-154-0x0000000006090000-0x00000000060AE000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          120KB

        • memory/2916-151-0x000000006FF30000-0x000000006FF7C000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          304KB

        • memory/2916-164-0x0000000007140000-0x000000000715A000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          104KB

        • memory/2916-140-0x0000000005440000-0x00000000054A6000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          408KB

        • memory/2916-158-0x0000000006E70000-0x0000000006E7A000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          40KB

        • memory/2916-157-0x0000000006E00000-0x0000000006E1A000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          104KB

        • memory/2916-133-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
        • memory/2916-136-0x00000000021E0000-0x0000000002216000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          216KB

        • memory/2916-141-0x00000000054B0000-0x0000000005516000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          408KB

        • memory/2916-148-0x0000000004665000-0x0000000004667000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          8KB

        • memory/2916-138-0x0000000004CA0000-0x00000000052C8000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          6.2MB

        • memory/2916-163-0x0000000007030000-0x000000000703E000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          56KB

        • memory/3144-152-0x000000006FF30000-0x000000006FF7C000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          304KB

        • memory/3144-150-0x0000000007430000-0x0000000007462000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          200KB

        • memory/3144-135-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
        • memory/3144-147-0x0000000005135000-0x0000000005137000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          8KB

        • memory/3144-159-0x0000000007A10000-0x0000000007AA6000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          600KB

        • memory/3432-168-0x00000000075F0000-0x00000000077B2000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          1.8MB

        • memory/3432-145-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          472KB

        • memory/3432-144-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
        • memory/3432-160-0x0000000006F90000-0x0000000007022000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          584KB

        • memory/3432-161-0x0000000005E00000-0x0000000005E0A000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          40KB

        • memory/3432-170-0x0000000005860000-0x0000000005E04000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          5.6MB

        • memory/4012-139-0x0000000005180000-0x00000000051A2000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          136KB

        • memory/4012-165-0x0000000007700000-0x0000000007708000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          32KB

        • memory/4012-156-0x0000000007BC0000-0x000000000823A000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          6.5MB

        • memory/4012-134-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
        • memory/4012-153-0x000000006FF30000-0x000000006FF7C000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          304KB

        • memory/4012-146-0x0000000004C55000-0x0000000004C57000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          8KB

        • memory/4012-142-0x0000000006160000-0x000000000617E000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          120KB

        • memory/4708-162-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp