General

  • Target

    Sophos Virus Removal Tool - softpedia.exe

  • Size

    176.5MB

  • Sample

    220524-d386vshfbl

  • MD5

    d8b8ea3d25c8b2c717f1ad75d241f279

  • SHA1

    1c395cc52132ba1f1f2ce4a2861116b1386a5534

  • SHA256

    8cec145c557f48667c07e90e9544304c86b00f795f0df87ddbfeca4b18fb0e27

  • SHA512

    10f2b169f7573986073b6ca29eb4a98b998a95c74a13b33a36fccd744d31f216b33974392b9b6be622b6ed248fdc32184a86eb120964c7dbb423c36d2572e60b

Score
8/10

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      Sophos Virus Removal Tool - softpedia.exe

    • Size

      176.5MB

    • MD5

      d8b8ea3d25c8b2c717f1ad75d241f279

    • SHA1

      1c395cc52132ba1f1f2ce4a2861116b1386a5534

    • SHA256

      8cec145c557f48667c07e90e9544304c86b00f795f0df87ddbfeca4b18fb0e27

    • SHA512

      10f2b169f7573986073b6ca29eb4a98b998a95c74a13b33a36fccd744d31f216b33974392b9b6be622b6ed248fdc32184a86eb120964c7dbb423c36d2572e60b

    Score
    8/10
    • Blocklisted process makes network request

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Drops file in Drivers directory

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Drops desktop.ini file(s)

    • Enumerates connected drives

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

    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

      Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

    • Drops file in System32 directory

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Persistence

Bootkit

1
T1067

Defense Evasion

Install Root Certificate

1
T1130

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

2
T1120

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

Tasks