hxxp://track[.]rhetorik[.]com/?xul=1aegop2vc57gjqy7970l8qsuwqc0b7c4plwigu9wk7s8q8skbj52giary2n585t3e3760ehrqds8a19vs10a4nxkdjry4dmynufprcql7a3pvepbw&eih=2xlsaa2774fzdf64egxs1mf52lyn2wrq17mh8amd9l1dox7ezp0

Analysis

max time kernel
136s
max time network
145s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20220812-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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03-10-2022 00:59

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Target

http://track.rhetorik.com/?xul=1aegop2vc57gjqy7970l8qsuwqc0b7c4plwigu9wk7s8q8skbj52giary2n585t3e3760ehrqds8a19vs10a4nxkdjry4dmynufprcql7a3pvepbw&eih=2xlsaa2774fzdf64egxs1mf52lyn2wrq17mh8amd9l1dox7ezp0

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 39 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{A0DE4A3C-42C7-11ED-AECB-7ED4F7B3352B} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000883ed98174fc174d8e18111dae0d9120000000000200000000001066000000010000200000000e15bcf0e5e22c77772712f5fe5a209f005008762e980a88df973116c77f50f3000000000e80000000020000200000007d827b6a8241f9ab1328f77f4c6d8cf24bb85dbbb552deef478b95d8a242ed6f200000008e250e080db01168f0b3968cfb2f80de14b00a2587b58b6f6c7b2853759ab70740000000237848a108c4ac061c925c97a81dfe1ce6eac057f55a0b9b8982164e6690988dc1cf482c407b029a53ede9bf0a9d1f0dadb6104345af43941179b05367b84524	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000883ed98174fc174d8e18111dae0d912000000000020000000000106600000001000020000000969c045d2841659560f437f91c9c4633e4fbce2961e3bffceb599c3708df8660000000000e8000000002000020000000f67142b9624653ca08752a4b0f3c29901dfb89fa1e579b4c7555c1cadf6f09c7200000005376ff6ccfcf3f0400407baadf1c7c754e9654731514c47b9933dc6642d2b24440000000ff57746f7eeb196e01254781c7fef34eb0b4e349fcd0e754b20ece3445b5461995e6f0d9368fe8a1ec8ea939c10e92a33ae23c3bb411b7d52f00cd085eeb5d84	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "1974673775"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 3062bc80d4d6d801	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "30987988"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "371531056"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1974673775"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2112017035"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 8024cc81d4d6d801	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "30987988"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "30987988"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2891029575-1462575-1165213807-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4348	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4348	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4348	iexplore.exe
4348	iexplore.exe
1584	IEXPLORE.EXE
1584	IEXPLORE.EXE
1584	IEXPLORE.EXE
1584	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4348 wrote to memory of 1584	4348	iexplore.exe	81
PID 4348 wrote to memory of 1584	4348	iexplore.exe	81
PID 4348 wrote to memory of 1584	4348	iexplore.exe	81

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://track.rhetorik.com/?xul=1aegop2vc57gjqy7970l8qsuwqc0b7c4plwigu9wk7s8q8skbj52giary2n585t3e3760ehrqds8a19vs10a4nxkdjry4dmynufprcql7a3pvepbw&eih=2xlsaa2774fzdf64egxs1mf52lyn2wrq17mh8amd9l1dox7ezp0
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4348
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4348 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1584

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\Content\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776

Filesize
471B

MD5
fd70739fca5345a28f924f9102ae10ee

SHA1
6ce3f92183544f3bf52cb76364591589cb940a19

SHA256
f238404cc643efddef8ff430f128cdc8ec1513969eaac24b5e5bce81248a91e7

SHA512
a787d3a2bceeaed2f2a29f357df6ae17d5b9f66a3c561550d5f83c308ad26a1ddf876488151ff5e51ce93bfb9d0c7b8ca812d595e8d3ebdda7d805707ac1b278

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776

Filesize
404B

MD5
0d4d256523eb0a60e3475f1a5bff5638

SHA1
208374514cd7d2f3251b4ac4b00419a75a7b10b4

SHA256
c31cbe94d58adb3c8d9136e192d931664a09a6c3b2c108f879a06066cd6e37d8

SHA512
c3d5edcd6e39cb5d10ae06882cf95185209c00d9d6e9c0e3bd0a150f36a6eb7044e77fb2693cc9f8c451b632cbaa04055dc16f42c9eb1ae60cd328712eae3a63

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