hxxp://gnar[.]grammarly[.]com

General

Target

http://gnar.grammarly.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 26 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "30991495"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "3975922153"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "30991495"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = d0064b0f88e4d801	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "4177640638"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000975fab978604b14697eb522259e91a1000000000020000000000106600000001000020000000e93d9ffd8aede94b3ab140edc935c5bf6763116da8e8c6652812a3e9b61bb84b000000000e8000000002000020000000702e42444bb34023e46b6182b6ba111e9c33b6884ef89724b4b0d85315cc4a1f20000000367baf58f1d5200ab4360f09027b916b9bcd203cd5004a82f24a17bfe19d372f40000000abd9e7e3cb296d3e872bb05442c23f7652f97a9f157e2512a269a240f007b7d4f33df2c7fb20c031b22a2c02a724266448d0973b470c8115a36a47a186149e02	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{028471B6-507B-11ED-89AC-F6A3911CAFFB} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "30991495"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "3975922153"	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2040	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2040	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2040	iexplore.exe
2040	iexplore.exe
3596	IEXPLORE.EXE
3596	IEXPLORE.EXE
3596	IEXPLORE.EXE
3596	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2040 wrote to memory of 3596	2040	iexplore.exe	82
PID 2040 wrote to memory of 3596	2040	iexplore.exe	82
PID 2040 wrote to memory of 3596	2040	iexplore.exe	82

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://gnar.grammarly.com
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2040
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2040 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:3596

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

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T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

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Downloads

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

Filesize
471B

MD5
6a15e3564b9eb382fe5534f59d6fccb4

SHA1
911dbc1a988c2d6816beb0c21c4ea5402253b884

SHA256
6b478c66c9a2024177d4a478ccea9a82f3162aa87a5125a0dc3750c920bdbc62

SHA512
2801f46d495eed08dbb10e73ccda4828faf4ef6b1ff3ff45ce8d73331e692381c25417d15c958f8c3f9c6932300cd0e66b1aad6bb5a92e2bf27b338b6d245711

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

Filesize
434B

MD5
548f09799778da78071a6d51ed74c872

SHA1
680c567eba0865cb52e5cfe47d70dcba6d6a218a

SHA256
4d4da25f90481cb8804c83858ca2f26ded8ea738212d58bb94bab35951d79ed2

SHA512
83d2477407ed1fade6eba8bb2b935f95919b134af97f0fc523171a21f4aad44cc838ea9b94a2b2b9edf8a49da445c035ee79d491d19fec7f7e25ed87badf817a

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