Analysis

  • max time kernel
    143s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220414-en
  • submitted
    21-05-2022 00:35

General

  • Target

    PAYMEN.pdf.exe

  • Size

    648KB

  • MD5

    463c68f81d7624d1a22aef526b98ff62

  • SHA1

    047605c15f2fa7421c7855e2410ae1de5a337a3f

  • SHA256

    638603145c3aac570237325613344a3fd83bf2fc737ee5acd8230e0ee1afb0f5

  • SHA512

    5ff2d32b68fc4a9b3c9babbfdad0c9b621c88dbc402f8edc1c4a4893d6e2c5f3b74ad5f73586ba5e58f9bc859840d1e80288e3cadd8205ab6be77b89a8f20e1b

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    mail.daafco.com
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    [email protected]
  • Password:
    Rawan!@#

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

    Agent Tesla is a remote access tool (RAT) written in visual basic.

  • AgentTesla Payload 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 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 1 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PAYMEN.pdf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PAYMEN.pdf.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4344
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\Bfcsivpifds" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp961.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2108
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
      "{path}"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Drivers directory
      • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      • outlook_office_path
      • outlook_win_path
      PID:2284
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\REG.exe
        REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System / v DisableTaskMgr / t REG_DWORD / d 1 / f
        3⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:2288

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

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Collection

Email Collection

1
T1114

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp961.tmp
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    955d03e9e685f30e8e89b5169f223cb8

    SHA1

    d39231429bff0aef961744daea387dda51349473

    SHA256

    c3b5e88b460573213002b1acf882e0893d279e2594a4489106330b72f4173e2d

    SHA512

    95847c4abe04d2c8970a947649c359af94fd11b687b52d742843a25a316712bc6914d951a73e4ee6d0db341730b9c5b281cef42980d651be8b934062e969fdd9

  • memory/2108-135-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2284-137-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2284-138-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/2284-139-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005B96000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/2284-140-0x00000000068C0000-0x0000000006910000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    320KB

  • memory/2288-141-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/4344-130-0x0000000000AF0000-0x0000000000B98000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    672KB

  • memory/4344-131-0x0000000005A50000-0x0000000005FF4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    5.6MB

  • memory/4344-132-0x0000000005540000-0x00000000055D2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    584KB

  • memory/4344-133-0x0000000005600000-0x000000000560A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/4344-134-0x0000000007BE0000-0x0000000007C7C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    624KB