Analysis

  • max time kernel
    94s
  • max time network
    131s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220414-en
  • submitted
    21-05-2022 01:16

General

  • Target

    Payment Advice.pdf.exe

  • Size

    455KB

  • MD5

    6ad6ceabd5276ef0ac02cacaeb8ec2b0

  • SHA1

    fb3b7b648078309f40db8fe6bb463f9315cf66d5

  • SHA256

    5ce2d2774ba40e6dc9997abefd9d8d50321eb37b26e3b6963add26877f036a3e

  • SHA512

    496713183cbcaace5d526ce0bcbbfedd294caa60336ce8191bda10cf086c3ef80bb23246a307709b94f5d793c4376c1b2568b376d94fafccec037a8ebf393aee

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    smtp.ahrass.com
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    [email protected]
  • Password:
    chukwuma22

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

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

  • AgentTesla Payload 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 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\Payment Advice.pdf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payment Advice.pdf.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3216
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\SsSTSLAZdec" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF206.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1724
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payment Advice.pdf.exe
      "{path}"
      2⤵
      • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      • outlook_office_path
      • outlook_win_path
      PID:4632
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        "netsh" wlan show profile
        3⤵
          PID:1404

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Persistence

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Privilege Escalation

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Credential Access

    Credentials in Files

    3
    T1081

    Discovery

    Query Registry

    1
    T1012

    System Information Discovery

    2
    T1082

    Collection

    Data from Local System

    3
    T1005

    Email Collection

    1
    T1114

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF206.tmp
      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      d9f0132fd7c459b5676e28ed521f5748

      SHA1

      967f52bca13bdfca5ef91a3f34d43617f4038b34

      SHA256

      fe54afa9fc4699630fdcf91c064a584beb6a7909342e82edc4052fd617f5ed3d

      SHA512

      125a38b0144b4aaa15ee9ce6996095392f0aa6f6fd22e030a247723c433b041b240753ed50b9b8f820c4d346fae61b44bbb690af9d75075efe975351f9257e3f

    • memory/1404-141-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1724-135-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/3216-130-0x0000000000760000-0x00000000007D8000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      480KB

    • memory/3216-131-0x0000000007B50000-0x00000000080F4000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.6MB

    • memory/3216-132-0x0000000007640000-0x00000000076D2000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      584KB

    • memory/3216-133-0x00000000076F0000-0x00000000076FA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/3216-134-0x000000000B150000-0x000000000B1EC000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      624KB

    • memory/4632-137-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4632-138-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000452000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      328KB

    • memory/4632-139-0x0000000005CD0000-0x0000000005D36000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/4632-140-0x0000000006920000-0x0000000006970000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      320KB