Analysis

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

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    28-11-2022 10:18

General

  • Target

    4cace28eddc52ee96da50475956e9092200dbd103a8a55761e5c61e85843021e.exe

  • Size

    1008KB

  • MD5

    3a4ab7084fe967a029f3c54ab7f9cf52

  • SHA1

    648827cb4d63421ff5fbc6dd04282dc11ca6ca99

  • SHA256

    4cace28eddc52ee96da50475956e9092200dbd103a8a55761e5c61e85843021e

  • SHA512

    12f6a31615919c0fc4b949f529114c65fe8d7e6c14a3ede82e9e4e8b5fa5ac40808fd863e249caa580210d657396f5e13f1bac44c8c30b3cef4c81b57e7c6ff1

  • SSDEEP

    12288:yfX3sAdDa1oLJNoKwQS9/Vh1IJcXWyPiKFdZJP3t+vlYvhDPlIrvtgpxVcvuS94U:gyo1N6VkJhyPDl3zPlIvnvuxHHGdH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • HawkEye

    HawkEye is a malware kit that has seen continuous development since at least 2013.

  • NirSoft MailPassView 1 IoCs

    Password recovery tool for various email clients

  • NirSoft WebBrowserPassView 1 IoCs

    Password recovery tool for various web browsers

  • Nirsoft 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Obfuscated with Agile.Net obfuscator 3 IoCs

    Detects use of the Agile.Net commercial obfuscator, which is capable of entity renaming and control flow obfuscation.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 31 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4cace28eddc52ee96da50475956e9092200dbd103a8a55761e5c61e85843021e.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4cace28eddc52ee96da50475956e9092200dbd103a8a55761e5c61e85843021e.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2008
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4cace28eddc52ee96da50475956e9092200dbd103a8a55761e5c61e85843021e.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4cace28eddc52ee96da50475956e9092200dbd103a8a55761e5c61e85843021e.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4980
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3828
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1076
          • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
            C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holdermail.txt"
            5⤵
              PID:4876
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4876 -s 188
                6⤵
                • Program crash
                PID:1652
            • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe
              dw20.exe -x -s 1716
              5⤵
              • Drops file in Windows directory
              • Checks processor information in registry
              • Enumerates system info in registry
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:4472
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4876 -ip 4876
      1⤵
        PID:2308

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

      Execution

      Scripting

      1
      T1064

      Persistence

      Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

      1
      T1060

      Defense Evasion

      Scripting

      1
      T1064

      Modify Registry

      1
      T1112

      Credential Access

      Credentials in Files

      1
      T1081

      Discovery

      Query Registry

      3
      T1012

      System Information Discovery

      4
      T1082

      Collection

      Data from Local System

      1
      T1005

      Replay Monitor

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      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v2.0_32\UsageLogs\4cace28eddc52ee96da50475956e9092200dbd103a8a55761e5c61e85843021e.exe.log
        Filesize

        408B

        MD5

        04ad5d645afd4aad8257d37d2b197bd9

        SHA1

        f27458933c22a18ed06c3ef023d9356bae6f5e89

        SHA256

        519a7b0a515b09c8d149c48a26e782e13decd80c2a2957a751f58801bed026d0

        SHA512

        34097f7ec87c917ebb2f38a156a33ff1b5f8570141acd666a1fce2cd5d40e464762a3a596a44f078318f92823a7d7b961751c4399040a09e5eddb941f22c4754

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SysInfo.txt
        Filesize

        102B

        MD5

        ed36f351672516d37f1ebcc7465c8068

        SHA1

        57d8fdcf15119bc926afb93a2f41fa52395cc1df

        SHA256

        5814614277eb5205edc669c8ae8de77f33e33b8a8f0ae3dd8133a7263140ec4d

        SHA512

        be65fef0269c20e439f2f7342195ddb90cb9d4f6a0645eb49f780db3ff3deaf7e7674ea420de37cb43c1585b75a6379103db85fc490fd9a436159150ca9c24ea

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe
        Filesize

        1008KB

        MD5

        3a4ab7084fe967a029f3c54ab7f9cf52

        SHA1

        648827cb4d63421ff5fbc6dd04282dc11ca6ca99

        SHA256

        4cace28eddc52ee96da50475956e9092200dbd103a8a55761e5c61e85843021e

        SHA512

        12f6a31615919c0fc4b949f529114c65fe8d7e6c14a3ede82e9e4e8b5fa5ac40808fd863e249caa580210d657396f5e13f1bac44c8c30b3cef4c81b57e7c6ff1

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe
        Filesize

        1008KB

        MD5

        3a4ab7084fe967a029f3c54ab7f9cf52

        SHA1

        648827cb4d63421ff5fbc6dd04282dc11ca6ca99

        SHA256

        4cace28eddc52ee96da50475956e9092200dbd103a8a55761e5c61e85843021e

        SHA512

        12f6a31615919c0fc4b949f529114c65fe8d7e6c14a3ede82e9e4e8b5fa5ac40808fd863e249caa580210d657396f5e13f1bac44c8c30b3cef4c81b57e7c6ff1

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows Update.exe
        Filesize

        1008KB

        MD5

        3a4ab7084fe967a029f3c54ab7f9cf52

        SHA1

        648827cb4d63421ff5fbc6dd04282dc11ca6ca99

        SHA256

        4cace28eddc52ee96da50475956e9092200dbd103a8a55761e5c61e85843021e

        SHA512

        12f6a31615919c0fc4b949f529114c65fe8d7e6c14a3ede82e9e4e8b5fa5ac40808fd863e249caa580210d657396f5e13f1bac44c8c30b3cef4c81b57e7c6ff1

      • memory/1076-158-0x0000000075590000-0x0000000075B41000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        5.7MB

      • memory/1076-152-0x0000000075590000-0x0000000075B41000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        5.7MB

      • memory/1076-150-0x0000000075590000-0x0000000075B41000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        5.7MB

      • memory/1076-146-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/2008-132-0x0000000075590000-0x0000000075B41000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        5.7MB

      • memory/2008-133-0x0000000075590000-0x0000000075B41000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        5.7MB

      • memory/2008-136-0x0000000075590000-0x0000000075B41000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        5.7MB

      • memory/3828-144-0x0000000075590000-0x0000000075B41000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        5.7MB

      • memory/3828-145-0x0000000075590000-0x0000000075B41000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        5.7MB

      • memory/3828-139-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/3828-149-0x0000000075590000-0x0000000075B41000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        5.7MB

      • memory/4472-157-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/4876-153-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/4876-154-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        108KB

      • memory/4980-143-0x0000000075590000-0x0000000075B41000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        5.7MB

      • memory/4980-138-0x0000000075590000-0x0000000075B41000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        5.7MB

      • memory/4980-137-0x0000000075590000-0x0000000075B41000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        5.7MB

      • memory/4980-135-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B8000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        736KB

      • memory/4980-134-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp