Analysis

  • max time kernel
    91s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20221111-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20221111-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    13/02/2023, 11:32

General

  • Target
    PO 55192752_PDF Dalian Hiscien Engineering Co Ltd iGST_eH2mYaM.exE.exe
  • Size 973KB
  • Sample230213-nm94bsch56
  • SHA256 f0e2be29b4f60291bb5e95eb8e23794502c74d7daff6754762ba486cf92f4c4f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Credentials
  • Protocol

    ftp

  • Host

    ftp.brado-it.com

  • Port

    21

  • Password

    wKqTRDAW8B%F

Signatures

  • HawkEye

    HawkEye is a malware kit that has seen continuous development since at least 2013.

  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • NirSoft MailPassView 5 IoCs

    Password recovery tool for various email clients

  • NirSoft WebBrowserPassView 5 IoCs

    Password recovery tool for various web browsers

  • Nirsoft 9 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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 1 IoCs

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

  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 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 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 29 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PO 55192752_PDF Dalian Hiscien Engineering Co Ltd iGST_eH2mYaM.exE.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PO 55192752_PDF Dalian Hiscien Engineering Co Ltd iGST_eH2mYaM.exE.exe"
    1⤵
    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Maps connected drives based on registry
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4876
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\iSEpzGuD" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD0D2.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:3696
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PO 55192752_PDF Dalian Hiscien Engineering Co Ltd iGST_eH2mYaM.exE.exe
      "{path}"
      2⤵
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4564
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
        C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holdermail.txt"
        3⤵
        • Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
        PID:5024
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
        C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holderwb.txt"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:1652

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        holderwb.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\holderwb.txt
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 a3377ade83786c2bdff5db19ff4dbfd796da4312402b5e77c4c63e38cc6eff92
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        tmpD0D2.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD0D2.tmp
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 142d1978485ba19e217e269fb2893e11a79fcf09aad8b027177945d27a5ac4e7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1652-153-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

        memory/1652-151-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

        memory/1652-149-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000458000-memory.dmp

        memory/4564-142-0x0000000005800000-0x0000000005856000-memory.dmp

        memory/4564-141-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000488000-memory.dmp

        memory/4876-132-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000005BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4876-137-0x000000000FF50000-0x000000000FFB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4876-136-0x0000000004F60000-0x0000000004F6A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4876-135-0x0000000005030000-0x00000000050CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4876-134-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000005022000-memory.dmp

        memory/4876-133-0x00000000054A0000-0x0000000005A44000-memory.dmp

        memory/5024-144-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5024-146-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5024-147-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp