General

  • Target

    Vape V4.exe

  • Size

    15.4MB

  • Sample

    220911-j3kq6afafn

  • MD5

    2644d31d109b39fe48c48aff8d0d0938

  • SHA1

    8ffdaf29a7ec510d8692e2a564ebbb45b606cad4

  • SHA256

    261ea04b1a662ec3023152280cad1cc386574942d170cc452d29203509b8b859

  • SHA512

    005605099bf3848a6bc388163a5066f4db44a724866e707a243cd992546a35ade91f158f589f5b03fc467b461c394fb157022c38b68902c66e0fc166dfafea57

  • SSDEEP

    393216:u58FYmNNY7izB8hM0pyd6qghoOwcX7vfGfLLbGjLiIE:CWSizYyW+cXDKLLbm

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      Vape V4.exe

    • Size

      15.4MB

    • MD5

      2644d31d109b39fe48c48aff8d0d0938

    • SHA1

      8ffdaf29a7ec510d8692e2a564ebbb45b606cad4

    • SHA256

      261ea04b1a662ec3023152280cad1cc386574942d170cc452d29203509b8b859

    • SHA512

      005605099bf3848a6bc388163a5066f4db44a724866e707a243cd992546a35ade91f158f589f5b03fc467b461c394fb157022c38b68902c66e0fc166dfafea57

    • SSDEEP

      393216:u58FYmNNY7izB8hM0pyd6qghoOwcX7vfGfLLbGjLiIE:CWSizYyW+cXDKLLbm

    • Modifies security service

    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Possible privilege escalation attempt

    • Stops running service(s)

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Modifies file permissions

    • Themida packer

      Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Modify Existing Service

2
T1031

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

Impair Defenses

1
T1562

File Permissions Modification

1
T1222

Discovery

Query Registry

3
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

System Information Discovery

4
T1082

Impact

Service Stop

1
T1489

Tasks