Malware Analysis Report

2024-11-30 15:53

Sample ID 220920-hzaw4scbh8
Target gamesense.exe.exe
SHA256 708b43bf82bcdfbb1e69e7304e9cebc6d93f1bf41f323ea324a2680439a65059
Tags
mercurialgrabber evasion spyware 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 Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

708b43bf82bcdfbb1e69e7304e9cebc6d93f1bf41f323ea324a2680439a65059

Threat Level: Known bad

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

Malicious Activity Summary

mercurialgrabber evasion spyware stealer

Mercurialgrabber family

Mercurial Grabber Stealer

Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry

Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

Checks BIOS information in registry

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Looks up external IP address via web service

Maps connected drives based on registry

Enumerates system info in registry

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

Checks processor information in registry

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2022-09-20 07:09

Signatures

Mercurialgrabber family

mercurialgrabber

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2022-09-20 07:09

Reported

2022-09-20 07:10

Platform

win10-20220812-en

Max time kernel

19s

Max time network

18s

Command Line

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

Signatures

Mercurial Grabber Stealer

stealer mercurialgrabber

Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gamesense.exe N/A

Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMWare, Inc.\VMWare Tools C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gamesense.exe N/A

Checks BIOS information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gamesense.exe N/A

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

spyware stealer

Looks up external IP address via web service

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A ip4.seeip.org N/A N/A
N/A ip4.seeip.org N/A N/A
N/A ip-api.com N/A N/A

Maps connected drives based on registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum\0 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gamesense.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gamesense.exe N/A

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_VMware_&Prod_VMware_Virtual_S C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gamesense.exe N/A

Checks processor information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gamesense.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gamesense.exe N/A

Enumerates system info in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemManufacturer C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gamesense.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemProductName C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gamesense.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Logical Unit Id 0 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gamesense.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosInformation C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gamesense.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

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

Processes

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

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

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\UninstallConvertTo.xltx"

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
SG 168.63.250.82:80 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 ip4.seeip.org udp
US 23.128.64.141:443 ip4.seeip.org tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 ip-api.com udp
US 208.95.112.1:80 ip-api.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 discordapp.com udp
US 162.159.134.233:443 discordapp.com tcp
US 162.159.134.233:443 discordapp.com tcp

Files

memory/2432-116-0x0000000000AE0000-0x0000000000AF0000-memory.dmp