Analysis

  • max time kernel
    100s
  • max time network
    94s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220414-en
  • submitted
    01-07-2022 07:09

General

  • Target

    3e80c09e8c838aea42d609ec5a60b9409b0ab3d77d61c3dfdf191a38bc4f721e.exe

  • Size

    2.1MB

  • MD5

    afbf38eb9f1cae4703aa9ffc1e37ec65

  • SHA1

    6b58fa4ffcfa1198c89cefb846975c8d5263855a

  • SHA256

    3e80c09e8c838aea42d609ec5a60b9409b0ab3d77d61c3dfdf191a38bc4f721e

  • SHA512

    5e5ec46a1ffbcf41d7f1885384111c163b20814ee1c308d8215511dbb41447d50bf1eec6d3f10261610fea4d4add7f409fd8a286e47f13d3c2a85d723dd09d6e

Score
9/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3e80c09e8c838aea42d609ec5a60b9409b0ab3d77d61c3dfdf191a38bc4f721e.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3e80c09e8c838aea42d609ec5a60b9409b0ab3d77d61c3dfdf191a38bc4f721e.exe"
    1⤵
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Identifies Wine through registry keys
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1120
    • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftCorporation\Windows\System32\Isass.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftCorporation\Windows\System32\Isass.exe"
      2⤵
      • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks BIOS information in registry
      • Identifies Wine through registry keys
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1176
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /SC MINUTE /MO 30 /TN "Windows_Antimalware_Host" /TR "C:\ProgramData\WindowsAppCertification\checker.vbs" /F
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1968
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /SC MINUTE /MO 5 /TN "Windows_Antimalware_Host_Systm" /TR "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftCorporation\Windows\System32\Isass.exe" /F
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1220
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c echo Set oWS = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > CreateShortcut.vbs & echo sLinkFile = "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Isass.lnk" >> CreateShortcut.vbs & echo Set oLink = oWS.CreateShortcut(sLinkFile) >> CreateShortcut.vbs & echo oLink.TargetPath = "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftCorporation\Windows\System32\Isass.exe" >> CreateShortcut.vbs & echo oLink.Save >> CreateShortcut.vbs & cscript CreateShortcut.vbs & del CreateShortcut.vbs
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1484
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe
          cscript CreateShortcut.vbs
          4⤵
          • Drops startup file
          • Loads dropped DLL
          PID:1000
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c taskkill /im 3e80c09e8c838aea42d609ec5a60b9409b0ab3d77d61c3dfdf191a38bc4f721e.exe /f & erase C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3e80c09e8c838aea42d609ec5a60b9409b0ab3d77d61c3dfdf191a38bc4f721e.exe & exit
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1416
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /im 3e80c09e8c838aea42d609ec5a60b9409b0ab3d77d61c3dfdf191a38bc4f721e.exe /f
        3⤵
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:904

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2
T1497

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

3
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2
T1497

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

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Downloads

  • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftCorporation\Windows\System32\Isass.exe
    Filesize

    2.1MB

    MD5

    afbf38eb9f1cae4703aa9ffc1e37ec65

    SHA1

    6b58fa4ffcfa1198c89cefb846975c8d5263855a

    SHA256

    3e80c09e8c838aea42d609ec5a60b9409b0ab3d77d61c3dfdf191a38bc4f721e

    SHA512

    5e5ec46a1ffbcf41d7f1885384111c163b20814ee1c308d8215511dbb41447d50bf1eec6d3f10261610fea4d4add7f409fd8a286e47f13d3c2a85d723dd09d6e

  • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftCorporation\Windows\System32\Isass.exe
    Filesize

    2.1MB

    MD5

    afbf38eb9f1cae4703aa9ffc1e37ec65

    SHA1

    6b58fa4ffcfa1198c89cefb846975c8d5263855a

    SHA256

    3e80c09e8c838aea42d609ec5a60b9409b0ab3d77d61c3dfdf191a38bc4f721e

    SHA512

    5e5ec46a1ffbcf41d7f1885384111c163b20814ee1c308d8215511dbb41447d50bf1eec6d3f10261610fea4d4add7f409fd8a286e47f13d3c2a85d723dd09d6e

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CreateShortcut.vbs
    Filesize

    301B

    MD5

    3d15afe532f8557346923c203c3ac844

    SHA1

    9fe087e6f38776dedb070ad49685c16e37580f0c

    SHA256

    e09cdf3b409359ce825a2f2d7374bfc0e2ec73918c0b8a99bf82020983b5f061

    SHA512

    9237ab885672933005fc1b0a7794f615336da16981a7e1e5d2b4821e3c443a3a608658c144b41b61334eba2284e79b2ace5a6df2ffc73709d2c83d5f0a40bfd0

  • \ProgramData\MicrosoftCorporation\Windows\System32\Isass.exe
    Filesize

    2.1MB

    MD5

    afbf38eb9f1cae4703aa9ffc1e37ec65

    SHA1

    6b58fa4ffcfa1198c89cefb846975c8d5263855a

    SHA256

    3e80c09e8c838aea42d609ec5a60b9409b0ab3d77d61c3dfdf191a38bc4f721e

    SHA512

    5e5ec46a1ffbcf41d7f1885384111c163b20814ee1c308d8215511dbb41447d50bf1eec6d3f10261610fea4d4add7f409fd8a286e47f13d3c2a85d723dd09d6e

  • \ProgramData\MicrosoftCorporation\Windows\System32\Isass.exe
    Filesize

    2.1MB

    MD5

    afbf38eb9f1cae4703aa9ffc1e37ec65

    SHA1

    6b58fa4ffcfa1198c89cefb846975c8d5263855a

    SHA256

    3e80c09e8c838aea42d609ec5a60b9409b0ab3d77d61c3dfdf191a38bc4f721e

    SHA512

    5e5ec46a1ffbcf41d7f1885384111c163b20814ee1c308d8215511dbb41447d50bf1eec6d3f10261610fea4d4add7f409fd8a286e47f13d3c2a85d723dd09d6e

  • memory/904-71-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1000-76-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1120-73-0x0000000077880000-0x0000000077A00000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/1120-58-0x0000000000320000-0x00000000007D5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/1120-61-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000003325000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/1120-55-0x0000000076721000-0x0000000076723000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1120-59-0x0000000077880000-0x0000000077A00000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/1120-56-0x0000000077880000-0x0000000077A00000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/1120-69-0x0000000000320000-0x00000000007D5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/1120-57-0x0000000000320000-0x00000000007D5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/1120-54-0x0000000000320000-0x00000000007D5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/1176-68-0x0000000077880000-0x0000000077A00000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/1176-75-0x0000000001190000-0x0000000001645000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/1176-62-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1176-78-0x0000000077880000-0x0000000077A00000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/1176-64-0x0000000001190000-0x0000000001645000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.7MB

  • memory/1220-72-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1416-67-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1484-74-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1968-70-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp