ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a

General

Target

ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a.exe
Size

589KB
MD5

583436b54a4a3c474f74ce9124d275a8
SHA1

dc95c40301eff5e138b0db2744d4023e789d4ca3
SHA256

ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a
SHA512

ad10c4d67c0edf1170b2455fd20e90d6a6e8dbedad785da04fc2f766c97fbed08a1b4af9a5e97cfa050182cc73d1ddc15ddaa21d371cd2031c38006ea016b09c

Score

10^/10

aspackv2 persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1004

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

HelpMe.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell = "Explorer.exe HelpMe.exe"	HelpMe.exe

ASPack v2.12-2.42 3 IoCs

Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42

aspackv2

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe	aspack_v212_v242
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe	aspack_v212_v242
C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-2632097139-1792035885-811742494-1000\desktop.ini.exe	aspack_v212_v242

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

HelpMe.exe

pid process

2272 HelpMe.exe

pid	process
2272	HelpMe.exe

Drops startup file 2 IoCs

Processes:

HelpMe.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk	HelpMe.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk	HelpMe.exe

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 24 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

HelpMe.exe

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

Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

Replication Through Removable Media
T1091

Processes:

HelpMe.exe

description ioc process

File opened for modification C:\AUTORUN.INF HelpMe.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened for modification	C:\AUTORUN.INF	HelpMe.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs

Processes:

ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a.exeHelpMe.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe	ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe	HelpMe.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe	ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe.exe	ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs

Processes:

HelpMe.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\ado\msadox.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB\oledbjvs.inc.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\89.0.4389.114\Locales\fil.pak.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\89.0.4389.114\Locales\ta.pak.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\89.0.4389.114\d3dcompiler_47.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\hr.txt.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\FrequentOfficeUpdateSchedule.xml.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\Office Setup Controller\pkeyconfig.companion.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\msadc\de-DE\msaddsr.dll.mui.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\mraut.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VGX\VGX.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB\fr-FR\sqlxmlx.rll.mui.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\pt.txt.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66\bin\java.exe.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\hy.txt.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\fsdefinitions\symbols\symbase.xml.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\Office Setup Controller\pidgenx.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66\jre\bin\npt.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\fa.txt.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\C2RINTL.sv-se.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\es-ES\mshwLatin.dll.mui.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\uk-UA\tipresx.dll.mui.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66\bin\appletviewer.exe.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\ja-JP\TipRes.dll.mui.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\ado\it-IT\msader15.dll.mui.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\ipsdan.xml.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\msadc\it-IT\msaddsr.dll.mui.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\ca.txt.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\ClientCapabilities.json.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\offreg.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\fsdefinitions\symbols\ja-jp-sym.xml.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\89.0.4389.114\Locales\vi.pak.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66\bin\serialver.exe.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66\jre\bin\eula.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66\bin\jconsole.exe.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\da.txt.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\ko.txt.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\ado\adojavas.inc.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\C2RINTL.hu-hu.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\ar-SA\tipresx.dll.mui.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\it-IT\tipresx.dll.mui.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\ro.txt.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66\jre\bin\jfxmedia.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB\oledb32r.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66\bin\tnameserv.exe.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\vstoee90.tlb.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\readme.txt.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\C2RINTL.ja-jp.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\89.0.4389.114\Locales\sv.pak.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66\bin\idlj.exe.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\concrt140.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\ucrtbase.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66\jre\bin\javacpl.cpl.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\master_preferences.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66\jre\bin\javacpl.exe.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB\it-IT\sqlxmlx.rll.mui.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\fsdefinitions\oskpred.xml.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\89.0.4389.114\Installer\chrome.7z.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66\jre\bin\msvcr100.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\uz.txt.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVIsvStreamingManager.dll.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\fr-CA\tipresx.dll.mui.exe	HelpMe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\fsdefinitions\main\zh-changjei.xml.exe	HelpMe.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a.exe

pid	process
1568	ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a.exe
1568	ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes:

ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1568 wrote to memory of 2272	1568	ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a.exe	HelpMe.exe
PID 1568 wrote to memory of 2272	1568	ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a.exe	HelpMe.exe
PID 1568 wrote to memory of 2272	1568	ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a.exe	HelpMe.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae01c62137ea4f3542164c63b3e531ca2f89586a6d4e765467512aec2d6a845a.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1568

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
C:\Windows\system32\HelpMe.exe
2⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops startup file
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
PID:2272

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Replication Through Removable Media

1

T1091

Execution

Persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

1

T1004

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

1

T1120

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Replication Through Removable Media

1

T1091

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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Downloads

C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-2632097139-1792035885-811742494-1000\desktop.ini.exe
Filesize
561KB

MD5
e64801541de9032589d774183b3513d9

SHA1
46c21c88e0fc4f78f84d70c7a198dee1764d566b

SHA256
d0570bb49fb0fd6129255218bbe0513e732861256fe6507a720cf9de7e04beb6

SHA512
b195302c3d5ce1a2e299ff4fc2d693788810e01401254b54c0287946c9c22cb7698f4a56090ba69ca411fddd8e1414fdf0867723c4e24e49ed08830c9b7d2f5b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
Filesize
561KB

MD5
9a9c09030ebbcb0fb7462d0d86689878

SHA1
143ba31eee13804cf5b04d5ab1dd1d0767fe3606

SHA256
2de8a9f0d09265287c2316fa7b46fb02008cfddf09bdfd68f81328fc89a0896b

SHA512
4ab0d3ad41e0c53f9deda41a65017c8ad5ab618a7876d2af3e8762786dcc1ab0470f663078a7b635a64765b376641c47768faccbb17ab75e1173b5dd1126fa03

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
Filesize
561KB

MD5
9a9c09030ebbcb0fb7462d0d86689878

SHA1
143ba31eee13804cf5b04d5ab1dd1d0767fe3606

SHA256
2de8a9f0d09265287c2316fa7b46fb02008cfddf09bdfd68f81328fc89a0896b

SHA512
4ab0d3ad41e0c53f9deda41a65017c8ad5ab618a7876d2af3e8762786dcc1ab0470f663078a7b635a64765b376641c47768faccbb17ab75e1173b5dd1126fa03

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memory/2272-130-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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