Analysis

  • max time kernel
    154s
  • max time network
    169s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220414-en
  • submitted
    12-07-2022 09:19

General

  • Target

    Payment Advice.pdf.exe

  • Size

    446KB

  • MD5

    4e535cb9880c4b6fafdebd62807332bc

  • SHA1

    b04240386fa709a704c81624fd701b48b140cb05

  • SHA256

    b52f9b733eb56a683997312b04b2b38ed53cc224211e5b9a5b5b72b93d75ad79

  • SHA512

    dbf1725772107d2a2d714017985213aad0303bed516a85e692e57c34f6ce7a2ecbbc29a7a2c0fa383fa156f67a3711ffed5fa3cab27d7b0bb0e6d11d245e743e

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    smtp.ahrass.com
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    mohamedadjal@ahrass.com
  • Password:
    chukwuma22

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

    Agent Tesla is a remote access tool (RAT) written in visual basic.

  • AgentTesla payload 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 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 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payment Advice.pdf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payment Advice.pdf.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2288
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\BpBVjx" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp71F4.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:4592
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payment Advice.pdf.exe
      "{path}"
      2⤵
      • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      • outlook_office_path
      • outlook_win_path
      PID:4636
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        "netsh" wlan show profile
        3⤵
          PID:5056

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Persistence

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Privilege Escalation

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Credential Access

    Credentials in Files

    3
    T1081

    Discovery

    Query Registry

    1
    T1012

    System Information Discovery

    2
    T1082

    Collection

    Data from Local System

    3
    T1005

    Email Collection

    1
    T1114

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\Payment Advice.pdf.exe.log
      Filesize

      507B

      MD5

      ab4c71d3ff6255edd4e5c1e09540f49e

      SHA1

      22e06bf4e258741b5df918061871cba998c50cea

      SHA256

      1690fec628f775dd3c3385b800eed126b37978ef2ffd592b024052724caafb5a

      SHA512

      8fa7d0045796e6cda7c28e2b9a690ef550619828c1b5d0ebf8e8367aff4bf4d9f63121e5b4f199d30cb8006eb584c6767f4c59150749b8256dab9dd0ebd9f1af

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp71F4.tmp
      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      d9224349659480ca60d6d3ab8dbb0b14

      SHA1

      6863ef82de164929704d5c63757a5aec7d71e445

      SHA256

      0902ad9897b6634a338f42785e9d4fc10dba20aa1e54ddc67999adeded992280

      SHA512

      a0491215849e761cbcb27bc22847e245ba474f23d2e1a397f92d4b75bbca43d42bd66f9d10bfa7347bbe3a085a022d0dec11e32da69b20eee7138c07a8642bcb

    • memory/2288-131-0x0000000005310000-0x00000000053AC000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      624KB

    • memory/2288-132-0x00000000054C0000-0x0000000005552000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      584KB

    • memory/2288-133-0x0000000006260000-0x0000000006804000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.6MB

    • memory/2288-130-0x0000000000940000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/4592-134-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4636-136-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4636-137-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000452000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      328KB

    • memory/4636-139-0x0000000005E70000-0x0000000005ED6000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/4636-140-0x0000000006C70000-0x0000000006CC0000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      320KB

    • memory/4636-142-0x0000000006DC0000-0x0000000006DCA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/5056-141-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp