General

  • Target

    script1.exe

  • Size

    7.2MB

  • Sample

    220519-2hj81acee5

  • MD5

    cc45f791667f3b9fb6281414f5325561

  • SHA1

    df8b29bbc15712f928a61f6d0c8e045d823dce84

  • SHA256

    dde77f52e25c661b86b499b40e627512b5713e53744c2bafb57450d7fdac3785

  • SHA512

    f70692b95b4b09d65f5bf4ef5915fccbf2f0628ad206e3fa064b6d595e5176d4e9d89368215b474e0ca95f38bae918fe31f2d64aa9849a9045cd5b4d84ff95d7

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      script1.exe

    • Size

      7.2MB

    • MD5

      cc45f791667f3b9fb6281414f5325561

    • SHA1

      df8b29bbc15712f928a61f6d0c8e045d823dce84

    • SHA256

      dde77f52e25c661b86b499b40e627512b5713e53744c2bafb57450d7fdac3785

    • SHA512

      f70692b95b4b09d65f5bf4ef5915fccbf2f0628ad206e3fa064b6d595e5176d4e9d89368215b474e0ca95f38bae918fe31f2d64aa9849a9045cd5b4d84ff95d7

    • Modifies security service

    • xmrig

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

    • XMRig Miner Payload

    • Drops file in Drivers directory

    • 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.

    • Deletes itself

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Modifies file permissions

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

    • 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

Impact

Service Stop

1
T1489

Tasks