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
22-05-2022 05:46
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 3 IoCs
Ransomware generally changes the extension on encrypted files.
description ioc Process File renamed C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\ShowHide.tiff => C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\ShowHide.tiff.xls star.exe File renamed C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\GrantShow.png => C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\GrantShow.png.xls star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\ShowHide.tiff star.exe -
Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1081944012-3634099177-1681222835-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 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-1-5-21-1081944012-3634099177-1681222835-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce star.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1081944012-3634099177-1681222835-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\BrowserUpdateCheck = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\star.exe" star.exe -
Drops desktop.ini file(s) 26 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Libraries\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Videos\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Searches\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Music\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Documents\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\3D Objects\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Videos\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Music\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Downloads\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\OneDrive\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Links\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Pictures\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Saved Games\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\Saved Pictures\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Favorites\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Documents\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Desktop\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\AccountPictures\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\Camera Roll\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Favorites\Links\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Contacts\desktop.ini star.exe -
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4824 set thread context of 1708 4824 star.exe 90 -
Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\GoogleUpdate.exe star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AXSLE.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\GoogleUpdateSetup.exe star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\TypeSupport\Unicode\Mappings\Mac\CORPCHAR.TXT star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Acrofx32.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ahclient.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\CoolType.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe star.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\read-me.txt 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)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_cs.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_ko.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\TypeSupport\Unicode\Mappings\Mac\ROMANIAN.TXT star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\icudt58.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_it.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\TypeSupport\Unicode\ICU\icudt26l.dat star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\Font\PFM\zx______.pfm star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\A3DUtils.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\Download\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}\89.0.4389.114\chrome_installer.exe star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_lv.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_sv.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_ur.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\CMap\Identity-V star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\1494870C-9912-C184-4CC9-B401-A53F4D8DE290.pdf star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeLinguistic.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\GoogleCrashHandler64.exe star.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\read-me.txt star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\TypeSupport\Unicode\Mappings\Mac\UKRAINE.TXT star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\Font\MyriadPro-Bold.otf star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\Font\MyriadPro-It.otf star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\Font\MyriadPro-Regular.otf star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\cryptocme.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\TypeSupport\Unicode\Mappings\Adobe\zdingbat.txt star.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\logs\read-me.txt star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\DisabledGoogleUpdate.exe star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_hi.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_sl.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_sr.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_uk.dll star.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\TypeSupport\Unicode\Mappings\Adobe\read-me.txt star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\Font\CourierStd-Oblique.otf star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\Font\CourierStd.otf star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Res.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\BIB.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ccme_asym.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\adoberfp.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\desktop.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_am.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_bn.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_nl.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\TypeSupport\Unicode\Mappings\Mac\CENTEURO.TXT star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\TypeSupport\Unicode\Mappings\Mac\ICELAND.TXT star.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\Font\read-me.txt star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\icucnv58.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\updater.ini star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\TypeSupport\Unicode\Mappings\win\CP1251.TXT star.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\TypeSupport\Unicode\ICU\read-me.txt star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AIDE.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_bg.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_gu.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_pt-PT.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\1.3.36.71\goopdateres_te.dll star.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Resource\Font\MinionPro-It.otf 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 1996 schtasks.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4824 wrote to memory of 1996 4824 star.exe 88 PID 4824 wrote to memory of 1996 4824 star.exe 88 PID 4824 wrote to memory of 1996 4824 star.exe 88 PID 4824 wrote to memory of 1708 4824 star.exe 90 PID 4824 wrote to memory of 1708 4824 star.exe 90 PID 4824 wrote to memory of 1708 4824 star.exe 90 PID 4824 wrote to memory of 1708 4824 star.exe 90 PID 4824 wrote to memory of 1708 4824 star.exe 90 PID 4824 wrote to memory of 1708 4824 star.exe 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\star.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\star.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4824 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\jVYbanglCI" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp62A2.tmp"2⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:1996
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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:1708
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6
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Downloads
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Filesize
1KB
MD5243998c586e102d5706d22e1ccdb5781
SHA1a8326b85c94e9f68b6a92c45551933fb5d5fdb52
SHA2564bcf513eb854417da91582ebb18b08b740bddb3fb6973f3693cbcf65c76b4331
SHA512720376589d9dcd21c138f4725b66a8b604b3d6691c61c3c980cc0cead4184da328906e669497276caee719363cdf09c19d11c4a4729983a7a632c817c0ab642d
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Filesize
360KB
MD5ada1c1e7c9dc488b3c5360de1853e46f
SHA1e6416c7d4fa8b2a2b018f811d9e5dbad2913b4b3
SHA256dbc4cf91610e37fc32110e83828eb74ae6b6326be76a9dcc0543bbfba41793c5
SHA512bfb432eca280e9f0bff5cd727c798af16684d93429945e09657de4cef5ae93c35a552be1c7ab3ca0ea6073856054417334a913248acd9c5bfdc795e56901b70a