General

  • Target

    Cleaner.zip

  • Size

    2.4MB

  • Sample

    220506-lpbx7scdfk

  • MD5

    103ba5982aa617e31c9dbe502c57d920

  • SHA1

    316a8ffb7507ddc17c133598c804409890cd5e01

  • SHA256

    d5752df1ad7faf6f649354eba99da7f28ba2814a392f4d5362cf7ca911a909b6

  • SHA512

    abd618071957858c29b63f78c8e39cdd7c9610fc8b1a918a25c725fe660dad1277d3aa2a044f4ebd8312d00b64177dd4bd762b82b31e5d61eb4efc909d04f34f

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      Cleaner.exe

    • Size

      2.5MB

    • MD5

      dbd1ed5d49db4a7042a7972e31e062bc

    • SHA1

      f792cf6a1ed7f4ed8eebce2c09416f9d8764fe30

    • SHA256

      f691787d560b58a0b92c6aa24732112cf0a8f57dd813aa1f3101d0fa73925be6

    • SHA512

      6e72f161108640fbe9ef312131f6ca443c78167b5db39e34f63c89bc77771205f8c25f145684db38c36569de9b1f524ab69c1161636d0bbd6cc098e2c4a35cb8

    • Modifies security service

    • xmrig

      XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

    • XMRig Miner Payload

    • 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

    • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

    • 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

2
T1082

Command and Control

Web Service

1
T1102

Impact

Service Stop

1
T1489

Tasks