hxxps://survey[.]metrixmatrix[.]com

Analysis

max time kernel
125s
max time network
133s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20221111-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20221111-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
11/01/2023, 00:48

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General

Target

https://survey.metrixmatrix.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 38 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000fbec07815684004d899a318f710de6af000000000200000000001066000000010000200000007b43b5bc7f8bcc476326d7b48e086165eb47a5a4743a31510a63f1378ebc37a5000000000e800000000200002000000090ef455e830e92ac1502dc69f04b995c22762dbd9a1c86d930aa357c65c87d9e2000000055b94ed9847e64c01c53c87a0db7587debf5a5655717c8f6a052e3456a8bb841400000001afa8802fe905aa3deb6a30de7b15124131d19079937cd50da8d283ed70e39b9fe0ede07100063d0d14468751ba0019882873346d0d2ff75014d1ecbcd08dc7b	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 705ce4db5e25d901	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\MFV = 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	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IETld\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{01D02F41-9152-11ED-8487-72F0FB4431DC} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\DownloadRetries = "2"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "380166667"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1652	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1652	iexplore.exe
1652	iexplore.exe
436	IEXPLORE.EXE
436	IEXPLORE.EXE
436	IEXPLORE.EXE
436	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1652 wrote to memory of 436	1652	iexplore.exe	29
PID 1652 wrote to memory of 436	1652	iexplore.exe	29
PID 1652 wrote to memory of 436	1652	iexplore.exe	29
PID 1652 wrote to memory of 436	1652	iexplore.exe	29

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://survey.metrixmatrix.com
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1652
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1652 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:436

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

Filesize
61KB

MD5
fc4666cbca561e864e7fdf883a9e6661

SHA1
2f8d6094c7a34bf12ea0bbf0d51ee9c5bb7939a5

SHA256
10f3deb6c452d749a7451b5d065f4c0449737e5ee8a44f4d15844b503141e65b

SHA512
c71f54b571e01f247f072be4bbebdf5d8410b67eb79a61e7e0d9853fe857ab9bd12f53e6af3394b935560178107291fc4be351b27deb388eba90ba949633d57d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

Filesize
342B

MD5
e0dbea41dc3f4d65409f546e54eb49ea

SHA1
0a22e355d9f6d3e8634f312cbb01f953c975c6ae

SHA256
adc4c04075058aac42d7825a2f714747167665f21df17f9cfb33458ff804616d

SHA512
da8a0a42f1d81924dd4214469feba2c09d9c6fd08d14607e281b7d6cdbb0d02b449bd5d29e03a8ec0df590ed6031b9604c9f1c769c01f841ef6e9e866410e2c3

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\EDO9BFWW.txt

Filesize
601B

MD5
8b2972f2cc46e62fcaa0814983c4642c

SHA1
0323d9ce3c6bcceb87949a4de6fa95883e1a9e86

SHA256
7a6139c07dae291181ca2be5dd9b4967a0ccfd4e595bcc02f05d89c00c22e47a

SHA512
f593b280a7c53d692c03f770e94aec3eb81a373be9750e22689de70d946df41bf600667a899ae6541d7b2f5612a8d83f16f858a94dd8a8c5632eaf681b3bdbc5

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