Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220414-en
  • submitted
    20-05-2022 22:29

General

  • Target

    0w1XziesiBaxbYs.exe

  • Size

    520KB

  • MD5

    f0cac1110e145d3b260ad6be1566dc10

  • SHA1

    f0cf3f3d9ff962752dbf993ac5b75f1d574e0450

  • SHA256

    506445199001be9096b17efc9f3e2a8025d0b167b1ce581831366b4d00e875dc

  • SHA512

    b93c8925b7bb992debd30a374ad3c0e7a2eecfc5ff7a6972b02753e9e04f0a7886034f40fd20979734c49c1cdb3ff05d41486c4ffbcbfe07141ace3250ae80a2

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

netwire

C2

sepp.myq-see.com:2001

Attributes
  • activex_autorun

    true

  • activex_key

    {50L4QLIK-5N0E-1U7P-5W65-RDN0R6N72FF0}

  • copy_executable

    true

  • delete_original

    false

  • host_id

    HostId-%Rand%

  • install_path

    %AppData%\Install\Host.exe

  • keylogger_dir

    %AppData%\Logs\

  • lock_executable

    false

  • mutex

    XdWObmml

  • offline_keylogger

    true

  • password

    Password

  • registry_autorun

    false

  • startup_name

  • use_mutex

    true

Signatures

  • NetWire RAT payload 5 IoCs
  • Netwire

    Netwire is a RAT with main functionalities focused password stealing and keylogging, but also includes remote control capabilities as well.

  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs
  • Modifies Installed Components in the registry 2 TTPs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 34 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0w1XziesiBaxbYs.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0w1XziesiBaxbYs.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Maps connected drives based on registry
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2840
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\IKzePvXcZPlcKe" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp418D.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:4472
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0w1XziesiBaxbYs.exe
      "{path}"
      2⤵
        PID:2752
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0w1XziesiBaxbYs.exe
        "{path}"
        2⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1000
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Install\Host.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Install\Host.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks BIOS information in registry
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Maps connected drives based on registry
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3468
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\IKzePvXcZPlcKe" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpCC68.tmp"
            4⤵
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:2476
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Install\Host.exe
            "{path}"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:2996

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Persistence

    Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

    1
    T1060

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Privilege Escalation

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Defense Evasion

    Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

    2
    T1497

    Modify Registry

    1
    T1112

    Discovery

    Query Registry

    5
    T1012

    Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

    2
    T1497

    System Information Discovery

    4
    T1082

    Peripheral Device Discovery

    1
    T1120

    Replay Monitor

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp418D.tmp
      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      971939f6731738020f0bf0ce1d70b01f

      SHA1

      7a167ea6509a95afb06e15efaa45cd3628c58c9f

      SHA256

      a811cb4eb012a9f62b96f782d6edecbac2f79dc2da7226c1817404fa778eb4e8

      SHA512

      c329becba0818a3d5e09d69f023ede6bfaf514ac17036e45e9c22a8991515193fbcf687927a62c488c8ff9bfba2b29bde3159e9df91438d433c760c1225a44db

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpCC68.tmp
      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      971939f6731738020f0bf0ce1d70b01f

      SHA1

      7a167ea6509a95afb06e15efaa45cd3628c58c9f

      SHA256

      a811cb4eb012a9f62b96f782d6edecbac2f79dc2da7226c1817404fa778eb4e8

      SHA512

      c329becba0818a3d5e09d69f023ede6bfaf514ac17036e45e9c22a8991515193fbcf687927a62c488c8ff9bfba2b29bde3159e9df91438d433c760c1225a44db

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Install\Host.exe
      Filesize

      520KB

      MD5

      f0cac1110e145d3b260ad6be1566dc10

      SHA1

      f0cf3f3d9ff962752dbf993ac5b75f1d574e0450

      SHA256

      506445199001be9096b17efc9f3e2a8025d0b167b1ce581831366b4d00e875dc

      SHA512

      b93c8925b7bb992debd30a374ad3c0e7a2eecfc5ff7a6972b02753e9e04f0a7886034f40fd20979734c49c1cdb3ff05d41486c4ffbcbfe07141ace3250ae80a2

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Install\Host.exe
      Filesize

      520KB

      MD5

      f0cac1110e145d3b260ad6be1566dc10

      SHA1

      f0cf3f3d9ff962752dbf993ac5b75f1d574e0450

      SHA256

      506445199001be9096b17efc9f3e2a8025d0b167b1ce581831366b4d00e875dc

      SHA512

      b93c8925b7bb992debd30a374ad3c0e7a2eecfc5ff7a6972b02753e9e04f0a7886034f40fd20979734c49c1cdb3ff05d41486c4ffbcbfe07141ace3250ae80a2

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Install\Host.exe
      Filesize

      520KB

      MD5

      f0cac1110e145d3b260ad6be1566dc10

      SHA1

      f0cf3f3d9ff962752dbf993ac5b75f1d574e0450

      SHA256

      506445199001be9096b17efc9f3e2a8025d0b167b1ce581831366b4d00e875dc

      SHA512

      b93c8925b7bb992debd30a374ad3c0e7a2eecfc5ff7a6972b02753e9e04f0a7886034f40fd20979734c49c1cdb3ff05d41486c4ffbcbfe07141ace3250ae80a2

    • memory/1000-140-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1000-141-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000433000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      204KB

    • memory/1000-144-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000433000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      204KB

    • memory/1000-143-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000433000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      204KB

    • memory/2476-148-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/2752-139-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/2840-132-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004EA2000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      584KB

    • memory/2840-130-0x00000000003A0000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      544KB

    • memory/2840-135-0x0000000007AF0000-0x0000000007B8C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      624KB

    • memory/2840-134-0x0000000005080000-0x00000000050E6000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/2840-133-0x0000000004DE0000-0x0000000004DEA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/2840-136-0x000000000E4D0000-0x000000000E536000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/2840-131-0x0000000005320000-0x00000000058C4000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.6MB

    • memory/2996-150-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/2996-154-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000433000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      204KB

    • memory/2996-155-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000433000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      204KB

    • memory/3468-145-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4472-137-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp