hxxp://smilingaardvark[.]com/wp-includes/IN/

Analysis

max time kernel
78s
max time network
146s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20220901-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20220901-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
08/09/2022, 16:29

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General

Target

http://smilingaardvark.com/wp-includes/IN/

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 36 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{61D8CE91-2F93-11ED-8DFC-667719A561AF} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000048ca5449a4d21846ba8a995ea0abd35a00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000d3aa1f3f422fab7ca124997a7bb85406d2116b7b22ac80892c165f448f96dee5000000000e8000000002000020000000cf940e2b02c35bf470b028807a5a739dc37e489b83341f242f04c80838b4877c20000000b4825e443f7af80fbbb55febd229d49456fc7f8122fdedbfab1e9174c8a621a14000000099f7686059c820980d3605f5fb715ed91d00ddfc59034b7ebae3ba4d8880dc8a2225a2838cee3d4b5427c4287e718bf1453647a24788ae7408231b94a26498fd	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\MFV = 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	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "369419532"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IETld\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 50b9853ca0c3d801	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4063495947-34355257-727531523-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1708	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1708	iexplore.exe
1708	iexplore.exe
1932	IEXPLORE.EXE
1932	IEXPLORE.EXE
1932	IEXPLORE.EXE
1932	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1708 wrote to memory of 1932	1708	iexplore.exe	28
PID 1708 wrote to memory of 1932	1708	iexplore.exe	28
PID 1708 wrote to memory of 1932	1708	iexplore.exe	28
PID 1708 wrote to memory of 1932	1708	iexplore.exe	28

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://smilingaardvark.com/wp-includes/IN/
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1708
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1708 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1932

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

Filesize
344B

MD5
1a2e9fad1dfc8a30e34aa71bce1bdadb

SHA1
a6782468dcab8fe8f4fdb6697f22d7eb293327e7

SHA256
3868ef64785824440d7ed2a9acbc38a76d350a70a5b77fb3dd316a66880602d5

SHA512
10ce8a445a23522c379f64934aab551a07088ca988f3bf74e32377e2d64087ebaf050444f0e406282f457449c46079a6479e080d9ddff1d3571900b6bdc4ba1b

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\309axvf\imagestore.dat

Filesize
9KB

MD5
513ac33642b54dabb93b090c3cc94292

SHA1
bdbc02ca2ebd14b0b0bd7284b5686aa4295b94b6

SHA256
e762527b1ea350e31fe6e467a5e828b063d5e938c323210f188ee65d8e25fc03

SHA512
59bf070ddf9d23574c5c001874615ece690cf652e5fe69fe297dba7cfd44c6440a2e863041dc9596dcf18494cecbf7453c6ad76ed4a40aa2a151ebc04f8114ac

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\1HKQOAOV.txt

Filesize
608B

MD5
46d762a65f46ca4126f674c518cf2366

SHA1
09f951e052bdf8ddfe4148e06f4164a83daa36bf

SHA256
59fc65d9a430dd0ab47581cab0eb7955ec4a91a399c882006ce1f68b9fe8e7d2

SHA512
75549225d04bf8bd6ab804e86ee5e633b9c2a50c6eb57cbeec675d4b5272524e5f8892fa62bc7a848a0ca74af3b2e3adb89818a6325b09d96578562edbb897f6

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