chinese_generic_botnet | 70969f1d56ec1ddcae3fc50545c0a351b798226c62d870db8ae5170eeec67694 | Triage

Analysis

max time kernel
91s
max time network
155s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20220414-en
submitted
23/05/2022, 18:13 UTC

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General

Target

tmp.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

d6df53506b123f5717463d0355336979
SHA1

7720fb4b89a4ebcef32a6d6a9a7a88c65cad2c14
SHA256

70969f1d56ec1ddcae3fc50545c0a351b798226c62d870db8ae5170eeec67694
SHA512

1bfefa221ed77ef05fc72fbc20a322cae990b2a33a9af47b9ee4d9fa1c09d5c81f6a8fd8496ed43a47ee2862e1e2bf1651b4cca2f5e9e23e491c3d4b3249ad2f

Score

10^/10

chinese_generic_botnet botnet persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Generic Chinese Botnet
A botnet originating from China which is currently unnamed publicly.
botnet chinese_generic_botnet

Chinese Botnet Payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/5036-136-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010018000-memory.dmp	unk_chinese_botnet

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5036	._cache_tmp.exe
1872	Synaptics.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1809750270-3141839489-3074374771-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	tmp.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1809750270-3141839489-3074374771-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Peahrfb.exe = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\._cache_tmp.exe"	._cache_tmp.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Synaptics Pointing Device Driver = "C:\\ProgramData\\Synaptics\\Synaptics.exe"	tmp.exe

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

Query Registry

Peripheral Device Discovery

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
File opened (read-only)	\??\Q:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Z:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\B:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\H:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\S:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\T:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\W:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\X:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\G:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\O:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\R:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\K:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\N:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\P:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\U:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Y:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\F:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\I:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\J:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\L:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\M:	._cache_tmp.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\V:	._cache_tmp.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	._cache_tmp.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	._cache_tmp.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\	tmp.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5036	._cache_tmp.exe
5036	._cache_tmp.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4580 wrote to memory of 5036	4580	tmp.exe	79
PID 4580 wrote to memory of 5036	4580	tmp.exe	79
PID 4580 wrote to memory of 5036	4580	tmp.exe	79
PID 4580 wrote to memory of 1872	4580	tmp.exe	80
PID 4580 wrote to memory of 1872	4580	tmp.exe	80
PID 4580 wrote to memory of 1872	4580	tmp.exe	80

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4580
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_tmp.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_tmp.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Enumerates connected drives
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:5036
- C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
  "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:1872

Network

DNS

xred.mooo.com

Synaptics.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

xred.mooo.com

IN A

Response
DNS

freedns.afraid.org

Synaptics.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

freedns.afraid.org

IN A

Response

freedns.afraid.org

IN A

69.42.215.252
GET

http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978

Synaptics.exe

Remote address:

69.42.215.252:80

Request

GET /api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978 HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: MyApp
Host: freedns.afraid.org
Cache-Control: no-cache

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Server: nginx
Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 18:13:38 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Connection: keep-alive
Vary: Accept-Encoding
X-Cache: MISS
DNS

docs.google.com

Synaptics.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

docs.google.com

IN A

Response

docs.google.com

IN A

142.250.179.174
GET

https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

Synaptics.exe

Remote address:

142.250.179.174:443

Request

GET /uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: Synaptics.exe
Host: docs.google.com
Cache-Control: no-cache

Response

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: Mon, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT
Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 18:14:39 GMT
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000
Permissions-Policy: ch-ua-arch=*, ch-ua-bitness=*, ch-ua-full-version=*, ch-ua-full-version-list=*, ch-ua-model=*, ch-ua-platform=*, ch-ua-platform-version=*
Report-To: {"group":"DriveUntrustedContentHttp","max_age":2592000,"endpoints":[{"url":"https://csp.withgoogle.com/csp/report-to/DriveUntrustedContentHttp/external"}]}
Accept-CH: Sec-CH-UA-Arch, Sec-CH-UA-Bitness, Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version, Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version-List, Sec-CH-UA-Model, Sec-CH-UA-Platform, Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version
Content-Security-Policy: require-trusted-types-for 'script';report-uri /_/DriveUntrustedContentHttp/cspreport
Content-Security-Policy: script-src 'report-sample' 'nonce-eZpyUGsJ4gI4uU0DQWdnew' 'unsafe-inline';object-src 'none';base-uri 'self';report-uri /_/DriveUntrustedContentHttp/cspreport;worker-src 'self'
Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin; report-to="DriveUntrustedContentHttp"
Server: ESF
X-XSS-Protection: 0
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Alt-Svc: h3=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-29=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q050=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q046=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q043=":443"; ma=2592000,quic=":443"; ma=2592000; v="46,43"
Accept-Ranges: none
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
GET

https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

Synaptics.exe

Remote address:

142.250.179.174:443

Request

GET /uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: Synaptics.exe
Host: docs.google.com
Cache-Control: no-cache

Response

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: Mon, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT
Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 18:14:39 GMT
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000
Permissions-Policy: ch-ua-arch=*, ch-ua-bitness=*, ch-ua-full-version=*, ch-ua-full-version-list=*, ch-ua-model=*, ch-ua-platform=*, ch-ua-platform-version=*
Content-Security-Policy: script-src 'report-sample' 'nonce-0NRHtUv5sJtvnDpMQz3SeQ' 'unsafe-inline';object-src 'none';base-uri 'self';report-uri /_/DriveUntrustedContentHttp/cspreport;worker-src 'self'
Content-Security-Policy: require-trusted-types-for 'script';report-uri /_/DriveUntrustedContentHttp/cspreport
Accept-CH: Sec-CH-UA-Arch, Sec-CH-UA-Bitness, Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version, Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version-List, Sec-CH-UA-Model, Sec-CH-UA-Platform, Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version
Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin
Server: ESF
X-XSS-Protection: 0
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Alt-Svc: h3=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-29=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q050=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q046=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q043=":443"; ma=2592000,quic=":443"; ma=2592000; v="46,43"
Accept-Ranges: none
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
GET

https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

Synaptics.exe

Remote address:

142.250.179.174:443

Request

GET /uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: Synaptics.exe
Host: docs.google.com
Cache-Control: no-cache

Response

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: Mon, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT
Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 18:14:39 GMT
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000
Accept-CH: Sec-CH-UA-Arch, Sec-CH-UA-Bitness, Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version, Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version-List, Sec-CH-UA-Model, Sec-CH-UA-Platform, Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version
Content-Security-Policy: require-trusted-types-for 'script';report-uri /_/DriveUntrustedContentHttp/cspreport
Content-Security-Policy: script-src 'report-sample' 'nonce-Oq8AhNtdawu4d-1miRPAbQ' 'unsafe-inline';object-src 'none';base-uri 'self';report-uri /_/DriveUntrustedContentHttp/cspreport;worker-src 'self'
Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy: same-origin
Permissions-Policy: ch-ua-arch=*, ch-ua-bitness=*, ch-ua-full-version=*, ch-ua-full-version-list=*, ch-ua-model=*, ch-ua-platform=*, ch-ua-platform-version=*
Server: ESF
X-XSS-Protection: 0
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Alt-Svc: h3=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-29=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q050=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q046=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-Q043=":443"; ma=2592000,quic=":443"; ma=2592000; v="46,43"
Accept-Ranges: none
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

106.52.15.123:80

._cache_tmp.exe

260 B
200 B
5
5
69.42.215.252:80

http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978

http

Synaptics.exe

752 B
415 B
13
4

HTTP Request

GET http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978

HTTP Response

200
47.93.60.63:80

http

._cache_tmp.exe

1.8kB
502 B
14
12
8.253.135.241:80

322 B
7
20.189.173.12:443

322 B
7
104.110.191.140:80

322 B
7
104.110.191.140:80

322 B
7
178.79.208.1:80

322 B
7
142.250.179.174:443

https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

tls, http

Synaptics.exe

2.0kB
17.1kB
26
24

HTTP Request

GET https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

HTTP Response

404

HTTP Request

GET https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

HTTP Response

404

HTTP Request

GET https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

HTTP Response

404

8.8.8.8:53

xred.mooo.com

dns

Synaptics.exe

59 B
118 B
1
1

DNS Request

xred.mooo.com
8.8.8.8:53

freedns.afraid.org

dns

Synaptics.exe

64 B
80 B
1
1

DNS Request

freedns.afraid.org

DNS Response

69.42.215.252
224.0.0.251:5353

114 B
2
8.8.8.8:53

docs.google.com

dns

Synaptics.exe

61 B
77 B
1
1

DNS Request

docs.google.com

DNS Response

142.250.179.174

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe

Filesize
754KB

MD5
310a7ff41f6633132e6c2bc25e51e567

SHA1
5f687df8cc3185ed68d77d0e05502c2eb308c5c8

SHA256
d1425edf482717cb64db2a36357866045b0c6306d919296591ffc9bc45d680ab

SHA512
ee9b3114cb37e52793bccdf20a27158f5def67ed9c7d8eb772e1deaf5d5f9a0030e847dea40bb320637f29508f1be2a49c3095460a6fd3afbc3bca196f642980

Download Submit
C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe

Filesize
754KB

MD5
310a7ff41f6633132e6c2bc25e51e567

SHA1
5f687df8cc3185ed68d77d0e05502c2eb308c5c8

SHA256
d1425edf482717cb64db2a36357866045b0c6306d919296591ffc9bc45d680ab

SHA512
ee9b3114cb37e52793bccdf20a27158f5def67ed9c7d8eb772e1deaf5d5f9a0030e847dea40bb320637f29508f1be2a49c3095460a6fd3afbc3bca196f642980

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_tmp.exe

Filesize
400KB

MD5
f82f50d6a61d3d73172fcbf3ff665e89

SHA1
2e5cde938a2822a13348e55f4ad0dfa75d545fee

SHA256
afbf8e478edc3d239953a3653a5ec113363fb9406552536d6469581b52585bcd

SHA512
f5945f9c5b4cfcd29498b24ec43000e6ec2927ec264d758aeeb4325f4c5f2b1d03fb997c84b38daec82b4a1dbc9f049b932ca399ef02778072cf594b1b5044fb

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_tmp.exe

Filesize
400KB

MD5
f82f50d6a61d3d73172fcbf3ff665e89

SHA1
2e5cde938a2822a13348e55f4ad0dfa75d545fee

SHA256
afbf8e478edc3d239953a3653a5ec113363fb9406552536d6469581b52585bcd

SHA512
f5945f9c5b4cfcd29498b24ec43000e6ec2927ec264d758aeeb4325f4c5f2b1d03fb997c84b38daec82b4a1dbc9f049b932ca399ef02778072cf594b1b5044fb

Download Submit
memory/5036-136-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010018000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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