purecrypter | 1c1198c6de9cf636d4dc103add73a59ba3101ae38954f20f0ec6ed9b8c563dbd

General

Target

Acwpn.exe
Size

7KB
MD5

5828f5213c4721e4118b3e57388ff2a5
SHA1

6737cd48c485ed00f64d56f2996cb0a4b3e16db8
SHA256

1c1198c6de9cf636d4dc103add73a59ba3101ae38954f20f0ec6ed9b8c563dbd
SHA512

e90cc6a7debeb334a5569f0a69c3b1ef16d8a1b43ef3decc10bff8ae0e510e3e4d3ae8ca838fd4bc090aaece07c6ae0ab5a38f27aaff86e17e322b3e290cf428
SSDEEP

96:wUUIQg0soU3QSQKCJdsYB3TtmXdtEkdpBxNbFnU:wUUIPDQdsYF0tzbHk

Score

10^/10

purecrypter collection downloader loader

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PureCrypter injector 1 IoCs

loader

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/624-56-0x00000000069D0000-0x0000000006C46000-memory.dmp	family_purecrypter

PureCrypter
PureCrypter is a .NET malware loader first seen in early 2021.
loader downloader purecrypter

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

Processes:

MSBuild.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	MSBuild.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	MSBuild.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	MSBuild.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

Processes:

flow ioc

9 checkip.dyndns.org
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

Acwpn.exe

description pid process target process

PID 624 set thread context of 1668 624 Acwpn.exe MSBuild.exe
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exeMSBuild.exe

pid process

1508 powershell.exe
1668 MSBuild.exe
1668 MSBuild.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

Processes:

Acwpn.exepowershell.exeMSBuild.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 624 Acwpn.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1508 powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1668 MSBuild.exe

flow	ioc
9	checkip.dyndns.org

description	pid	process	target process
PID 624 set thread context of 1668	624	Acwpn.exe	MSBuild.exe

pid	process
1508	powershell.exe
1668	MSBuild.exe
1668	MSBuild.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	624	Acwpn.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1508	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1668	MSBuild.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes:

Acwpn.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 624 wrote to memory of 1508	624	Acwpn.exe	powershell.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 1508	624	Acwpn.exe	powershell.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 1508	624	Acwpn.exe	powershell.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 1508	624	Acwpn.exe	powershell.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 1668	624	Acwpn.exe	MSBuild.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 1668	624	Acwpn.exe	MSBuild.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 1668	624	Acwpn.exe	MSBuild.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 1668	624	Acwpn.exe	MSBuild.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 1668	624	Acwpn.exe	MSBuild.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 1668	624	Acwpn.exe	MSBuild.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 1668	624	Acwpn.exe	MSBuild.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 1668	624	Acwpn.exe	MSBuild.exe
PID 624 wrote to memory of 1668	624	Acwpn.exe	MSBuild.exe

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

Processes:

MSBuild.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	MSBuild.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes:

MSBuild.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3385717845-2518323428-350143044-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	MSBuild.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Acwpn.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Acwpn.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:624

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ENC cwB0AGEAcgB0AC0AcwBsAGUAZQBwACAALQBzAGUAYwBvAG4AZABzACAAMgAwAA==
2⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1508

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
2⤵
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- outlook_office_path
- outlook_win_path
PID:1668

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Email Collection

1

T1114

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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memory/624-54-0x00000000012B0000-0x00000000012B8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/624-55-0x0000000075F01000-0x0000000075F03000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/624-56-0x00000000069D0000-0x0000000006C46000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.5MB

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memory/624-62-0x0000000005580000-0x00000000055E6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/1508-57-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1508-59-0x000000006F410000-0x000000006F9BB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1508-60-0x000000006F410000-0x000000006F9BB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1508-61-0x000000006F410000-0x000000006F9BB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1668-64-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000456000-memory.dmp

Filesize
344KB

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memory/1668-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000456000-memory.dmp

Filesize
344KB

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memory/1668-66-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000456000-memory.dmp

Filesize
344KB

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memory/1668-68-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000456000-memory.dmp

Filesize
344KB

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memory/1668-69-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000456000-memory.dmp

Filesize
344KB

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memory/1668-70-0x0000000000451A4E-mapping.dmp

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memory/1668-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000456000-memory.dmp

Filesize
344KB

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memory/1668-74-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000456000-memory.dmp

Filesize
344KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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