Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    132s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    06-12-2022 08:58

General

  • Target

    payment copy.pdf.exe

  • Size

    738KB

  • MD5

    27d631027838d94262fe33e8b76b0543

  • SHA1

    3fd40787525906c92cf9d485299e4d06b6043407

  • SHA256

    b7394e25936c4fd44716fcdcce914a35c0cdb0980e4527035681df4f800520e7

  • SHA512

    07b34c65df7e9f80cbe84c11c290cd64dca7ee2394ec47c9ef39dad3640ffc47e73895c769b2160d912013d79250379dde2fc363dc2cfcc64374539f08573c5a

  • SSDEEP

    12288:awlxmomPZefGPtqvyuzj8DNaHHAq17pKbZaws+iKvaSUih4qxs4jnTS+Co3ry/J:GomxiGQFviaub0wnieNfm46+RuJ

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

    Agent Tesla is a remote access tool (RAT) written in visual basic.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

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

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • 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 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\payment copy.pdf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\payment copy.pdf.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:868
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xlZIAWSuNdLq.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3080
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\xlZIAWSuNdLq" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpBE7D.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2576
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\payment copy.pdf.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\payment copy.pdf.exe"
      2⤵
      • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • outlook_office_path
      • outlook_win_path
      PID:2424

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Credential Access

Credentials in Files

3
T1081

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Collection

Data from Local System

3
T1005

Email Collection

1
T1114

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpBE7D.tmp
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    d1e7aefe24110e1951e11225f38321a3

    SHA1

    57f8513cba3a9a337bfa112dd8c0e93b85f190f3

    SHA256

    2957f99a035acf078977169ce215d62e4e48c20898be2b4875677204d8b5cc63

    SHA512

    12e17f87a2171cb8de8267f65cb5f8ead6a3b7f065b580985b367179458c7d039923ab2f7fc398aceff5c3c255bb9038b7b0df8e711737cafee6fe2653c2e3a3

  • memory/868-133-0x0000000005740000-0x0000000005CE4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    5.6MB

  • memory/868-134-0x00000000050B0000-0x0000000005142000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    584KB

  • memory/868-135-0x0000000005170000-0x000000000517A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/868-136-0x000000000AF80000-0x000000000B01C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    624KB

  • memory/868-132-0x0000000000680000-0x000000000073E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    760KB

  • memory/2424-142-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/2424-151-0x0000000006880000-0x00000000068D0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    320KB

  • memory/2424-141-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2576-138-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/3080-144-0x0000000005460000-0x0000000005482000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/3080-149-0x00000000702A0000-0x00000000702EC000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/3080-140-0x0000000002DD0000-0x0000000002E06000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    216KB

  • memory/3080-145-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056E6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/3080-146-0x0000000005760000-0x00000000057C6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/3080-147-0x00000000065B0000-0x00000000065CE000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/3080-148-0x0000000006D10000-0x0000000006D42000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    200KB

  • memory/3080-143-0x0000000005830000-0x0000000005E58000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    6.2MB

  • memory/3080-150-0x0000000006CF0000-0x0000000006D0E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/3080-137-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/3080-152-0x0000000008080000-0x00000000086FA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    6.5MB

  • memory/3080-153-0x0000000001120000-0x000000000113A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    104KB

  • memory/3080-154-0x0000000006B80000-0x0000000006B8A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/3080-155-0x0000000007C60000-0x0000000007CF6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    600KB