General

  • Target

    Setup.exe

  • Size

    3.3MB

  • Sample

    220429-m8a1paabc7

  • MD5

    89253fded8cd7633cd774b34ec00d7ae

  • SHA1

    36579483553c0f703604f439d9b5b46f088ab543

  • SHA256

    d4394564000ca31d1d78e78322c3c7bd6287bd0d700b02916cc889ddc2bf22d4

  • SHA512

    c79bb7809db89a10d65b268816336f3d952277ec55d65e1e21e6ff2a690c3767fdde08586daa3d4f77ee6d2d85d35aa8d870389ffcf7fb2888de5d16362e616f

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      Setup.exe

    • Size

      3.3MB

    • MD5

      89253fded8cd7633cd774b34ec00d7ae

    • SHA1

      36579483553c0f703604f439d9b5b46f088ab543

    • SHA256

      d4394564000ca31d1d78e78322c3c7bd6287bd0d700b02916cc889ddc2bf22d4

    • SHA512

      c79bb7809db89a10d65b268816336f3d952277ec55d65e1e21e6ff2a690c3767fdde08586daa3d4f77ee6d2d85d35aa8d870389ffcf7fb2888de5d16362e616f

    • Modifies security service

    • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Possible privilege escalation attempt

    • Stops running service(s)

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Modifies file permissions

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Looks up external IP address via web service

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

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Modify Existing Service

2
T1031

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Impair Defenses

1
T1562

File Permissions Modification

1
T1222

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

Impact

Service Stop

1
T1489

Tasks