Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
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resource
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submitted
12-05-2022 16:42
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
star.exe
Resource
win7-20220414-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
star.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20220414-en
General
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Target
star.exe
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Size
360KB
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MD5
2f121145ea11b36f9ade0cb8f319e40a
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SHA1
d68049989ce98f71f6a562e439f6b6f0a165f003
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SHA256
59e0ab333060b4e510db5d36d87f0fe267ab66b0881955649b06d91d6dd2d486
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SHA512
9211a74cfa23c70c6ace8bd168ecbe1bb4a06d2e03b5adff5546115137b6ce849d3e41337581123d48e5082319f507d8f2d274621317fada182530e4a0abb6c7
Malware Config
Extracted
C:\read-me.txt
globeimposter
http://mmeeiix2ejdwkmseycljetmpiwebdvgjts75c63camjofn2cjdoulzqd.onion/?STAHYJUHGFV
http://helpqvrg3cc5mvb3.onion/
Signatures
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GlobeImposter
GlobeImposter is a ransomware first seen in 2017.
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Modifies extensions of user files 5 IoCs
Ransomware generally changes the extension on encrypted files.
description ioc Process File renamed C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\ExitPop.png => C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\ExitPop.png.xls star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\MountRevoke.tiff star.exe File renamed C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\MountRevoke.tiff => C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\MountRevoke.tiff.xls star.exe File renamed C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\PingMount.crw => C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\PingMount.crw.xls star.exe File renamed C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\TestConnect.raw => C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\TestConnect.raw.xls star.exe -
Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
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Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1819626980-2277161760-1023733287-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce star.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1819626980-2277161760-1023733287-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\BrowserUpdateCheck = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\star.exe" star.exe -
Drops desktop.ini file(s) 28 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Music\Sample Music\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Saved Games\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Contacts\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\Sample Media\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Libraries\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Desktop\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Videos\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Downloads\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Searches\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Favorites\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Videos\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Links\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Music\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Documents\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Music\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Favorites\Links for United States\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Favorites\Links\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\DataServices\DESKTOP.INI star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Pictures\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Documents\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Videos\Sample Videos\desktop.ini star.exe -
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1800 set thread context of 1232 1800 star.exe 29 -
Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolBMPs\NotifierWindowMask.bmp star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\CLIPART\PUB60COR\BD00160_.WMF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\MEDIA\CAGCAT10\J0283209.GIF star.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\MEDIA\CAGCAT10\1033\read-me.txt star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Project.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolData\groove.net\GrooveProjectToolset\CircleIconsMask.bmp star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolData\groove.net\GrooveForms3\bg_FormsHomePageSlice.gif star.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\Certificates\groove.net\Components\read-me.txt star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\ContactPickerIntl.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\CLIPART\PUB60COR\FD00428_.WMF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolData\groove.net\GrooveForms\FieldTypePreview\PASSWORD.JPG star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\PUBFTSCM\SCHEME54.CSS star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\GrooveForms5\FormsStyles\BabyBlue\TAB_ON.GIF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\PUBSPAPR\PDIR51F.GIF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\DataServices\+Connect to New Data Source.odc star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\MEDIA\CAGCAT10\J0295241.GIF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\CLIPART\PUB60COR\AN04225_.WMF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolIcons\GWE.ICO star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\PUBSPAPR\PDIR49B.GIF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\MEDIA\OFFICE14\BULLETS\BD14794_.GIF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\ACTIP10.HLP star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\UrbanLetter.Dotx star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\MSCOL11.PPD star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\OCRHC.DAT star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\PUBWIZ\DGAD.DPV star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolData\groove.net\GrooveForms4\bg_FormsHomePage.gif star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolBMPs\MessageAttachmentIconImagesMask.bmp star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\MEDIA\OFFICE14\AUTOSHAP\BD18211_.WMF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Document Themes 14\Theme Effects\Urban.eftx star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\CLIPART\PUB60COR\BD09194_.WMF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolBMPs\MessageHistoryIconImagesMask.bmp star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolBMPs\OutofSyncIconImagesMask.bmp star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\MEDIA\OFFICE14\OFFICE10.DLL star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\MEDIA\OFFICE14\BULLETS\BD15018_.GIF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\CLIPART\PUB60COR\BS00135_.WMF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033\Access\Projects.accdt star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\CLIPART\PUB60COR\HH01013_.WMF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\oisctrl.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\SPANISH.LNG star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolData\groove.net\GrooveForms3\bg_SlateBlue.gif star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolData\groove.net\GrooveForms3\FormsStyles\BrightOrange\background.gif star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolBMPs\NotifierCloseButton.jpg star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\PUBSPAPR\PDIR37F.GIF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\MEDIA\OFFICE14\AUTOSHAP\BD18205_.WMF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\VSTA\ItemTemplates\CSharp\1033\Settings.zip star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\PSTPRX32.DLL star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\FORMS\1033\SCHDRESP.CFG star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\MEDIA\OFFICE14\AUTOSHAP\BD18238_.WMF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolData\groove.net\GrooveForms\FormsTemplates\Track Issues.fdt star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\Certificates\Verisign\Components\VeriSign_Class_3_Public_Primary_CA.cer star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\CLIPART\PUB60COR\AG00040_.GIF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolData\groove.net\GrooveForms5\FormsMacroTemplate.html star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolData\groove.net\GrooveForms3\FormsStyles\Lime\TAB_ON.GIF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\OUTLOOK_COL.HXC star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\GrooveForms5\FormsStyles\VelvetRose.css star.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\GrooveForms5\FormsStyles\GrayCheck\read-me.txt star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Document Themes 14\Theme Colors\Civic.xml star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\PUBWIZ\DGWEBCAL.XML star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\OutlookAutoDiscover\YAHOO.ES.XML star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolData\groove.net\GrooveForms4\FormsStyles\Oasis\HEADER.GIF star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove\ToolData\groove.net\CommonData\CommsIncomingImageSmall.jpg star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Document Themes 14\Theme Effects\Horizon.eftx star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\CLIPART\PUB60COR\J0086426.WMF star.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.
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Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 1716 schtasks.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1716 1800 star.exe 27 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1716 1800 star.exe 27 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1716 1800 star.exe 27 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1716 1800 star.exe 27 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1232 1800 star.exe 29 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1232 1800 star.exe 29 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1232 1800 star.exe 29 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1232 1800 star.exe 29 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1232 1800 star.exe 29 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1232 1800 star.exe 29 PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1232 1800 star.exe 29
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\star.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\star.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1800 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\jVYbanglCI" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp697D.tmp"2⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:1716
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\star.exe"{path}"2⤵
- Modifies extensions of user files
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops desktop.ini file(s)
- Drops file in Program Files directory
PID:1232
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6
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Downloads
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Filesize
1KB
MD5b6923e4e3d518b37344300a5a9af0f4f
SHA135279530b84c8de57384bc0d9ef21034de6a2438
SHA2567f606adc31e791d6e9e553ee4e10758ac53e534812f517a9e353da0ab12cba2d
SHA512d5346240c2f32f203d20f2fb247311db09b81ea6e915bb0e34a8f53dff127e45e41259a4b471cf16a875434ddb7bc01adab2a91f0f9b6866ea4eedbc9bae4bb7
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Filesize
360KB
MD5ec4943ce19c3be5836d63c95e4f42434
SHA1a0750225e2bb6f5d46f9cafe1fef54351c87567e
SHA256be5e7f6b1d6976709847d1a31d17c02be52d851b982366c36cc041e4c07e5e2e
SHA512202fb96558e701c6e41bedf4f477605a93c23f2e5d80369f93b18b860a56ec37036580be6ae28f9fe8f385c913a69db723117f2652dc89e18eb1aef9a0501e72