42d74dfcc685557e0174611eb9966ce32c52d235f80f010a6460493842d91dc7

General

Target

Where Can We Find Answers to Life's Big Questions.pdf
Size

1.6MB
MD5

75128534b6fda6586d3d30eef0c64b22
SHA1

8a76059f238185c0ec28699532e66f6ace36606d
SHA256

42d74dfcc685557e0174611eb9966ce32c52d235f80f010a6460493842d91dc7
SHA512

d0961672b77c87ca5a1ef5c0eb886e4e704f49c38619e3ae8ae3a97409662d0445c64ae4af3b13e6254d28dda15a5e7b0092c1800c75bd88e581378cde62fee6

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 23 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IETld\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1083475884-596052423-1669053738-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{A24482E1-E005-11EC-AE54-7EE61918B1DD} = "0"	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

pid process

1812 iexplore.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs

Processes:

AcroRd32.exeiexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

pid process

1784 AcroRd32.exe
1784 AcroRd32.exe
1784 AcroRd32.exe
1784 AcroRd32.exe
1812 iexplore.exe
1812 iexplore.exe
764 IEXPLORE.EXE
764 IEXPLORE.EXE

pid	process
1812	iexplore.exe

pid	process
1784	AcroRd32.exe
1784	AcroRd32.exe
1784	AcroRd32.exe
1784	AcroRd32.exe
1812	iexplore.exe
1812	iexplore.exe
764	IEXPLORE.EXE
764	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes:

AcroRd32.exeiexplore.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1784 wrote to memory of 1812	1784	AcroRd32.exe	iexplore.exe
PID 1784 wrote to memory of 1812	1784	AcroRd32.exe	iexplore.exe
PID 1784 wrote to memory of 1812	1784	AcroRd32.exe	iexplore.exe
PID 1784 wrote to memory of 1812	1784	AcroRd32.exe	iexplore.exe
PID 1812 wrote to memory of 764	1812	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 1812 wrote to memory of 764	1812	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 1812 wrote to memory of 764	1812	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 1812 wrote to memory of 764	1812	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE

C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Where Can We Find Answers to Life's Big Questions.pdf"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1784

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.jw.org/finder?docid=1011208&srcid=PDF
2⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1812

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1812 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
3⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:764

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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Downloads

memory/1784-54-0x00000000765F1000-0x00000000765F3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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