Overview
overview
7Static
static
7WhatsApp/A...me.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...me.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...gs.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...gs.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...ng.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...ng.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...ot.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...ot.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...ys.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...ys.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...ve.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...ve.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...al.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...al.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...in.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...in.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...ce.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...ce.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...ms.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...ms.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...at.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...at.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...me.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...me.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...er.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...er.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...er.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...er.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...gs.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...gs.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1WhatsApp/A...ay.xml
windows7-x64
1WhatsApp/A...ay.xml
windows10-2004-x64
1Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220901-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
22-09-2022 13:38
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
WhatsApp/About/AppXRuntime.xml
Resource
win7-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
WhatsApp/About/AppXRuntime.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
WhatsApp/About/AuditSettings.xml
Resource
win7-20220901-en
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
WhatsApp/About/AuditSettings.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral5
Sample
WhatsApp/About/EventForwarding.xml
Resource
win7-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral6
Sample
WhatsApp/About/EventForwarding.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral7
Sample
WhatsApp/About/ExternalBoot.xml
Resource
win7-20220901-en
Behavioral task
behavioral8
Sample
WhatsApp/About/ExternalBoot.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral9
Sample
WhatsApp/About/FileSys.xml
Resource
win7-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral10
Sample
WhatsApp/About/FileSys.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral11
Sample
WhatsApp/About/SkyDrive.xml
Resource
win7-20220901-en
Behavioral task
behavioral12
Sample
WhatsApp/About/SkyDrive.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral13
Sample
WhatsApp/About/WinCal.xml
Resource
win7-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral14
Sample
WhatsApp/About/WinCal.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220901-en
Behavioral task
behavioral15
Sample
WhatsApp/About/WorkplaceJoin.xml
Resource
win7-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral16
Sample
WhatsApp/About/WorkplaceJoin.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral17
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/ActiveXInstallService.xml
Resource
win7-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral18
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/ActiveXInstallService.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220901-en
Behavioral task
behavioral19
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AddRemovePrograms.xml
Resource
win7-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral20
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AddRemovePrograms.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral21
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AppCompat.xml
Resource
win7-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral22
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AppCompat.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220901-en
Behavioral task
behavioral23
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AppXRuntime.xml
Resource
win7-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral24
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AppXRuntime.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral25
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AppxPackageManager.xml
Resource
win7-20220901-en
Behavioral task
behavioral26
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AppxPackageManager.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral27
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AttachmentManager.xml
Resource
win7-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral28
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AttachmentManager.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral29
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AuditSettings.xml
Resource
win7-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral30
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AuditSettings.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220901-en
Behavioral task
behavioral31
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AutoPlay.xml
Resource
win7-20220812-en
Behavioral task
behavioral32
Sample
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AutoPlay.xml
Resource
win10v2004-20220812-en
General
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Target
WhatsApp/About/en-US/AuditSettings.xml
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Size
1KB
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MD5
71075fce08402095aeafbe57962a1f5b
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SHA1
f76fae255aa5454217fe973c4a8035ec9005b923
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SHA256
6928faad9624bbf4c74f6c138496a4c6ae8d04919c3de9591568300c1dd39e59
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SHA512
9df7480e584b16d1b504e2503b3c4c8422efc2fa37d9a4aceb8a7aea0561c0d73e8e73cb21fea20c6ec3bbbcb715c155efda7b8e38b7b448bcda5db10d773de4
Malware Config
Signatures
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description ioc Process Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000 iexplore.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch IEXPLORE.EXE Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "30985865" iexplore.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000043e2eb2e51ccf149ab640c8bdb0d790600000000020000000000106600000001000020000000e9ecf2d3849e967d684e733b07c86a03da00215d6bf33e167d189a8ac7881c4d000000000e800000000200002000000095920586190dc81fe45decf028b7a7e877c0e5fd22e265e771c013ab731581782000000087eecaecc6979501cac607c60ffa93c98effaf400f43c5c8d5198275a6feb08840000000c6dd09b1db9ebcff8917de63222cd8daa61e95750f5beba0eb24343b6d39f57bb6a31fab109a70c2cbdfa9ec6595b9a5df90190bbeb633b72224153da207db9a iexplore.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion iexplore.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "370619167" iexplore.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main iexplore.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0" iexplore.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = e018f14c89ced801 iexplore.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch iexplore.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "30985865" iexplore.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager IEXPLORE.EXE Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1" iexplore.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery iexplore.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running" IEXPLORE.EXE Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1281967796" IEXPLORE.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames iexplore.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion iexplore.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "1270872775" iexplore.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50" iexplore.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200" iexplore.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive iexplore.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2" IEXPLORE.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager iexplore.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1270872775" iexplore.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\ iexplore.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running" iexplore.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main IEXPLORE.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing iexplore.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = c08efa4c89ced801 iexplore.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\ iexplore.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync IEXPLORE.EXE Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "30985865" IEXPLORE.EXE Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0" iexplore.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage iexplore.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000043e2eb2e51ccf149ab640c8bdb0d790600000000020000000000106600000001000020000000cb7bca6fbee56ef3d127ad4b4b54e4663df4a9ebe4b4c8d6d23be7c961bd272c000000000e80000000020000200000009028367260e779337654dc615acbeefca2af78804b98e17cc4f2268ac6b2257920000000e527a350f1cdc396a0da566e8b371b17ec9e3d3b513e260b5ab04290b9a25e0c400000003c8f841ac5c82e7458ff90e99f00f109c9f76c9e1f207a302b3e44f129aa383a6423ac91fe7fd487ad294bf61cf941cecd59bdc2462ea2b5a1f73d3fcb377036 iexplore.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1" iexplore.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{77350DC5-3A7C-11ED-A0EE-7ADCB3813C8F} = "0" iexplore.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-929662420-1054238289-2961194603-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no" iexplore.exe -
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
pid Process 2824 iexplore.exe -
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
pid Process 2824 iexplore.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
pid Process 2824 iexplore.exe 2824 iexplore.exe 4540 IEXPLORE.EXE 4540 IEXPLORE.EXE 4540 IEXPLORE.EXE 4540 IEXPLORE.EXE -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4476 wrote to memory of 2824 4476 MSOXMLED.EXE 85 PID 4476 wrote to memory of 2824 4476 MSOXMLED.EXE 85 PID 2824 wrote to memory of 4540 2824 iexplore.exe 87 PID 2824 wrote to memory of 4540 2824 iexplore.exe 87 PID 2824 wrote to memory of 4540 2824 iexplore.exe 87
Processes
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Office16\MSOXMLED.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Office16\MSOXMLED.EXE" /verb open "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp\About\en-US\AuditSettings.xml"1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4476 -
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp\About\en-US\AuditSettings.xml2⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2824 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2824 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:23⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4540
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