General

  • Target

    0e3e47697539f1773fb53114ab53229c0304d86ed35aec05e5f5bfdf3bd35f9a

  • Size

    2.0MB

  • Sample

    220604-x9rd6sghfr

  • MD5

    17651fec634498b8faf986e25876a06d

  • SHA1

    29c09892f4d93f15d1ea9e53ebca61953eea4020

  • SHA256

    0e3e47697539f1773fb53114ab53229c0304d86ed35aec05e5f5bfdf3bd35f9a

  • SHA512

    971b3b3ef2f448dc8edb9dbf8f0481f66974008b52ed7063aea27cb6212c5153537678ea9d1ed52ae63c907668282d656d034bc5baecef0453a363922bb8b40e

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

plugx

C2

www.systeminfor.com:80

www.systeminfor.com:53

www.systeminfor.com:25

Attributes
  • folder

    AvastProxyBpC

Targets

    • Target

      Advance version of the 2020 Report of the Secretary-General on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace.exe

    • Size

      341KB

    • MD5

      e16dd9faeca97b4c185426e5672becba

    • SHA1

      f32087a346bcc58dedcfe1bc32f221d486a385c7

    • SHA256

      c21bfc263890f02763f56b4e9f5cf9113656cf09d7864b53ec2fd2024bdadd60

    • SHA512

      582180e0c7b35660114d5b1d4d5c92d75615321a74d160c2c7bc92b91a2c2b7ed758d63e2bbbdb1658992da6fe7ac546d7f4ea9a6c73a4a503989ea6e1a22d6a

    Score
    7/10
    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Target

      AvastProxy.exe

    • Size

      56KB

    • MD5

      feac3e6946ab9b39c66a8756a4a7468f

    • SHA1

      b490fbb91ebf327173940f3ed93f518191abb5e8

    • SHA256

      560055994a2290b3eb3f354afbf5ebcf4b8d78820f238eae70d76ece81b97c23

    • SHA512

      55c3089d2744412e14032e66390d0ccb25fb995994baf77aee0bd315057543c39d13ee9344dab839ab041e4ca950e09c30a320f95cc8b0f1c69174d2e6562f3b

    • PlugX

      PlugX is a RAT (Remote Access Trojan) that has been around since 2008.

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Target

      Report of the Secretary-General on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace (advance version).pdf

    • Size

      936KB

    • MD5

      bc5f2edf0f23957e0fbbcd845c744eb2

    • SHA1

      b0c167333780626ca8bd6b3b2a9fc54f20a59f34

    • SHA256

      54b491541376bda85ffb02b9bb40b9b5adba644f08b630fc1b47392625e1e60a

    • SHA512

      84f8c65a02dfd9db2286df405d711595e62ba114c8f911b30561b90818d579879542c4af09950ca8b8c2a9f82186e1cecc25933c17fef7c41e0fbf158d5ee102

    Score
    1/10
    • Target

      acrord32.dll

    • Size

      972KB

    • MD5

      e0977e26e7b850e20fd94fefc79af65f

    • SHA1

      4a3749c33d235715a84ec4964e1d69d758645a82

    • SHA256

      eef56bfc68959c6eaa66ab6abcaaf8fb54aa5b5a7da0866d97a1effeae0952b8

    • SHA512

      5cc59cf2fe32f325861bdc593ceb71fe7bf348c3a4726418cda1b6a61b2c2da8cf734525f67df7d497592810f38184d8040c3bd62605885f3c140fce254e27ec

    Score
    8/10
    • Blocklisted process makes network request

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Target

      wsc.dll

    • Size

      76KB

    • MD5

      fc83d5c67de996607b0a59d70e6ff711

    • SHA1

      c44c923ab0331d3f7cee588eb73464ce93cf4ce4

    • SHA256

      5a795c4b2a1a9c76791a516822ae0c9ec9d02780c41d2f6a6960a4ea15d68e34

    • SHA512

      11cd6230ec8906dd91a2719bccb82f59bcbc027ba94959a7aae5614c4e8f9669d736abdaade1cc0d1183bb7db3a7391fc7be14c6e5685e312e5f48a625c83f81

    Score
    1/10

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

4
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

5
T1012

System Information Discovery

7
T1082

Tasks