Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-19 05:02

Sample ID 220731-f2ypvabecn
Target smes.exe
SHA256 1650fa7dfd5cc553776b130e27195d407ab18a356773e0c4b471102764ef25dd
Tags
phoenix collection keylogger stealer
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V6

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

1650fa7dfd5cc553776b130e27195d407ab18a356773e0c4b471102764ef25dd

Threat Level: Known bad

The file smes.exe was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

phoenix collection keylogger stealer

Phoenix Keylogger payload

Phoenix Keylogger

Looks up external IP address via web service

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles

AutoIT Executable

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

outlook_office_path

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage

outlook_win_path

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2022-07-31 05:22

Signatures

AutoIT Executable

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2022-07-31 05:22

Reported

2022-07-31 05:36

Platform

win7-20220715-en

Max time kernel

48s

Max time network

114s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe"

Signatures

Phoenix Keylogger

stealer keylogger phoenix

Phoenix Keylogger payload

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles

collection
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe N/A

Looks up external IP address via web service

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A ifconfig.me N/A N/A

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1164 set thread context of 1956 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe N/A

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe N/A

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe N/A

outlook_office_path

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe N/A

outlook_win_path

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3440072777-2118400376-1759599358-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe"

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe

"C:\\\\Windows\\\\Microsoft.NET\\\\Framework\\\\v4.0.30319\\\\MSBuild.exe"

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 ifconfig.me udp
US 34.160.111.145:80 ifconfig.me tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 bhavnatutor.com udp
US 162.211.86.20:587 bhavnatutor.com tcp

Files

memory/1164-54-0x0000000076021000-0x0000000076023000-memory.dmp

memory/1956-55-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

memory/1956-57-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

memory/1956-61-0x000000000042041E-mapping.dmp

memory/1956-62-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

memory/1956-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

memory/1164-64-0x0000000000790000-0x00000000007AF000-memory.dmp

memory/1956-65-0x00000000003A0000-0x00000000003D8000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2022-07-31 05:22

Reported

2022-07-31 05:36

Platform

win10v2004-20220721-en

Max time kernel

144s

Max time network

149s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe"

Signatures

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles

collection
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2660308776-3705150086-26593515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2660308776-3705150086-26593515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2660308776-3705150086-26593515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe N/A

Looks up external IP address via web service

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A ifconfig.me N/A N/A

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 60 set thread context of 5012 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe N/A

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe N/A

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe N/A

outlook_office_path

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2660308776-3705150086-26593515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe N/A

outlook_win_path

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2660308776-3705150086-26593515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smes.exe"

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe

"C:\\\\Windows\\\\Microsoft.NET\\\\Framework\\\\v4.0.30319\\\\MSBuild.exe"

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 ifconfig.me udp
US 34.160.111.145:80 ifconfig.me tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 bhavnatutor.com udp
US 162.211.86.20:587 bhavnatutor.com tcp
US 20.189.173.12:443 tcp
NL 88.221.144.193:80 tcp
US 93.184.221.240:80 tcp

Files

memory/5012-131-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

memory/5012-130-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/60-135-0x0000000003390000-0x00000000033AF000-memory.dmp

memory/5012-136-0x0000000005BB0000-0x0000000006154000-memory.dmp

memory/5012-137-0x00000000056E0000-0x000000000577C000-memory.dmp

memory/5012-138-0x0000000006260000-0x00000000062C6000-memory.dmp

memory/5012-139-0x00000000069D0000-0x0000000006A62000-memory.dmp

memory/5012-140-0x0000000006990000-0x000000000699A000-memory.dmp