Analysis

  • max time kernel
    353s
  • max time network
    355s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20221111-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20221111-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    24-11-2022 17:34

General

  • Target

    ctvhost.exe

  • Size

    950KB

  • MD5

    400e6840d7481c535d4dd1cf118f128f

  • SHA1

    ce7b34e004cd85769405d55f2fdd5562f91b9811

  • SHA256

    d7072b1ca3dae32f46c5044acb5f4ada760fbca463d9295db43f30d52d6bc364

  • SHA512

    858ef64ce1d40013fc026790f2a5767c9284c9f7bfca58f4d3db6e61070893fda4ea05e01115ecbc92a36178f6c54be3c97e1a75fc7ad372113b041ef5d676d0

  • SSDEEP

    12288:1XHYsZ1DX/VDJtV7w974FzDxIh/LOj5dBgb2yHNrciAlFebwuZHyRA1x09:VHYkzMLQdO9N9fpn09

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Contains code to disable Windows Defender 1 IoCs

    A .NET executable tasked with disabling Windows Defender capabilities such as realtime monitoring, blocking at first seen, etc.

  • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs 9 IoCs
  • Modifies security service 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Quasar RAT 3 IoCs

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 1 IoCs
  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 48 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctvhost.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctvhost.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1660
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctvhost.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctvhost.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5024
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctvhost.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctvhost.exe"
        2⤵
        • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
        • Modifies security service
        • Quasar RAT
        • UAC bypass
        • Windows security bypass
        • Windows security modification
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Checks whether UAC is enabled
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        • System policy modification
        PID:5044
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /create /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\System\Lev80\Files\OfficeTelemetryAgentsHost" /SC MINUTE /MO 3 /RL HIGHEST /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctvhost.exe" /f
          3⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:364
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /delete /tn "OfficeTelemetryAgentsHost" /f
          3⤵
            PID:2816
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" Get-MpPreference -verbose
            3⤵
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1048
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Chromecs\CTvHost.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Chromecs\CTvHost.exe"
            3⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1196
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Chromecs\CTvHost.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Chromecs\CTvHost.exe"
              4⤵
              • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
              • UAC bypass
              • Windows security bypass
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Windows security modification
              • Checks whether UAC is enabled
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              • System policy modification
              PID:1240
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                "schtasks" /create /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\System\Lev80\Files\OfficeTelemetryAgentsHost" /SC MINUTE /MO 3 /RL HIGHEST /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Chromecs\CTvHost.exe" /f
                5⤵
                • Creates scheduled task(s)
                PID:3672
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                "schtasks" /delete /tn "OfficeTelemetryAgentsHost" /f
                5⤵
                  PID:3400
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  "powershell" Get-MpPreference -verbose
                  5⤵
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:1396
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctvhost.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctvhost.exe
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2952
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctvhost.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctvhost.exe"
            2⤵
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4016

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\ctvhost.exe.log

          Filesize

          1KB

          MD5

          8ec831f3e3a3f77e4a7b9cd32b48384c

          SHA1

          d83f09fd87c5bd86e045873c231c14836e76a05c

          SHA256

          7667e538030e3f8ce2886e47a01af24cb0ea70528b1e821c5d8832c5076cb982

          SHA512

          26bffa2406b66368bd412bf25869a792631455645992cdcade2dbc13a2e56fb546414a6a9223b94c96c38d89187add6678d4779a88b38b0c9e36be8527b213c3

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

          Filesize

          2KB

          MD5

          968cb9309758126772781b83adb8a28f

          SHA1

          8da30e71accf186b2ba11da1797cf67f8f78b47c

          SHA256

          92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a

          SHA512

          4bd50732f8af4d688d95999bddfd296115d7033ddc38f86c9fb1f47fde202bffa27e9088bebcaa3064ca946af2f5c1ca6cbde49d0907f0005c7ab42874515dd3

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ModuleAnalysisCache

          Filesize

          53KB

          MD5

          124edf3ad57549a6e475f3bc4e6cfe51

          SHA1

          80f5187eeebb4a304e9caa0ce66fcd78c113d634

          SHA256

          638c51e173ca6b3469494a7e2e0b656021a761f77b4a83f3e430e82e7b9af675

          SHA512

          b6c1a9051feeffad54ba1092fd799d34a9578368d7e66b31780fe478c1def0eb4094dce2879003f7389f2f9d86b94a3ef3975e78092a604597841c9b8db120ee

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          Filesize

          18KB

          MD5

          aad5ffcdd011396c0e4adb38cf5d5e63

          SHA1

          00e50ad502da679636a094068d1fc6b65d818831

          SHA256

          5063d51f39b24c8cc7491c849553a1e88ada53c16bbd0f30d995913e6dd8acdc

          SHA512

          4c6748e620311444e56e654184753800fddfc3ae995c6e2a180804f2cab763498bf9ffcfc20dd862d7d4838b4759f0bc10d31bb4244be3183ba99ee0f2bb0bcb

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\settings.xml

          Filesize

          125B

          MD5

          e4ccd574efd7f0dc39ddf05812076c15

          SHA1

          3f0c9dcf1582521b12246c5dead3019d648721e2

          SHA256

          b5d465cfb5577e8a60e591195b6037ddf0fea9388c2ea74ad186948ac2cf6da5

          SHA512

          f32ebf2bdf76611e576fc53ef4c0f4b03fa16565317b33b7f1b5343029a7c397dd83dafa123067d12dcc5f900cf2524134f4d25eee1afbcd699f678a451eaa21

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Chromecs\CTvHost.exe

          Filesize

          950KB

          MD5

          400e6840d7481c535d4dd1cf118f128f

          SHA1

          ce7b34e004cd85769405d55f2fdd5562f91b9811

          SHA256

          d7072b1ca3dae32f46c5044acb5f4ada760fbca463d9295db43f30d52d6bc364

          SHA512

          858ef64ce1d40013fc026790f2a5767c9284c9f7bfca58f4d3db6e61070893fda4ea05e01115ecbc92a36178f6c54be3c97e1a75fc7ad372113b041ef5d676d0

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Chromecs\CTvHost.exe

          Filesize

          950KB

          MD5

          400e6840d7481c535d4dd1cf118f128f

          SHA1

          ce7b34e004cd85769405d55f2fdd5562f91b9811

          SHA256

          d7072b1ca3dae32f46c5044acb5f4ada760fbca463d9295db43f30d52d6bc364

          SHA512

          858ef64ce1d40013fc026790f2a5767c9284c9f7bfca58f4d3db6e61070893fda4ea05e01115ecbc92a36178f6c54be3c97e1a75fc7ad372113b041ef5d676d0

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Chromecs\CTvHost.exe

          Filesize

          950KB

          MD5

          400e6840d7481c535d4dd1cf118f128f

          SHA1

          ce7b34e004cd85769405d55f2fdd5562f91b9811

          SHA256

          d7072b1ca3dae32f46c5044acb5f4ada760fbca463d9295db43f30d52d6bc364

          SHA512

          858ef64ce1d40013fc026790f2a5767c9284c9f7bfca58f4d3db6e61070893fda4ea05e01115ecbc92a36178f6c54be3c97e1a75fc7ad372113b041ef5d676d0

        • memory/364-143-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

        • memory/1048-152-0x000000006F7B0000-0x000000006F7FC000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          304KB

        • memory/1048-158-0x00000000060F0000-0x00000000060FE000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          56KB

        • memory/1048-160-0x0000000007220000-0x0000000007228000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          32KB

        • memory/1048-159-0x0000000007240000-0x000000000725A000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          104KB

        • memory/1048-145-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

        • memory/1048-146-0x0000000002370000-0x00000000023A6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          216KB

        • memory/1048-147-0x0000000004E50000-0x0000000005478000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          6.2MB

        • memory/1048-148-0x0000000004CB0000-0x0000000004CD2000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          136KB

        • memory/1048-149-0x0000000004D50000-0x0000000004DB6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          408KB

        • memory/1048-150-0x0000000005B00000-0x0000000005B1E000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          120KB

        • memory/1048-151-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D12000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          200KB

        • memory/1048-157-0x0000000007180000-0x0000000007216000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          600KB

        • memory/1048-153-0x0000000006200000-0x000000000621E000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          120KB

        • memory/1048-154-0x0000000007590000-0x0000000007C0A000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          6.5MB

        • memory/1048-155-0x00000000062A0000-0x00000000062BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          104KB

        • memory/1048-156-0x0000000006F70000-0x0000000006F7A000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          40KB

        • memory/1196-161-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

        • memory/1240-166-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

        • memory/1240-170-0x0000000006E50000-0x0000000006E8C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          240KB

        • memory/1396-173-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

        • memory/1660-133-0x0000000006110000-0x00000000066B4000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.6MB

        • memory/1660-136-0x0000000009400000-0x000000000949C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          624KB

        • memory/1660-134-0x0000000005A00000-0x0000000005A92000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          584KB

        • memory/1660-135-0x0000000003560000-0x000000000356A000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          40KB

        • memory/1660-132-0x0000000000F30000-0x0000000001024000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          976KB

        • memory/2816-144-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

        • memory/3400-172-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

        • memory/3672-171-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

        • memory/4016-164-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

        • memory/5024-137-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

        • memory/5044-138-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

        • memory/5044-139-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          352KB

        • memory/5044-141-0x0000000006A50000-0x0000000006AB6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          408KB

        • memory/5044-142-0x0000000006D60000-0x0000000006D72000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          72KB