Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20230220-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    28-03-2023 09:28

General

  • Target

    vbc.exe

  • Size

    790KB

  • MD5

    425124613fb9b4daa38460652fd75e38

  • SHA1

    542aaee07bd064ec6384685fa9ce9299915fb680

  • SHA256

    e867bb597f0b2dc98057b12a90fcef9eca9e78ae1081370f89593f0d210a5acb

  • SHA512

    915a482bd97fa5ac8e388b46bb89e011742595a56902c65fbba0edb1b218a1b600a31c7bf3cc2735c02f3f9b6d59995ebf9203e2701ad8cd03c7a2316e1208dd

  • SSDEEP

    24576:ImVZ9mZojJlboENPVbI/4WgyJMLpLJwK:93sojkEP1LWTep+K

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

C2

https://api.telegram.org/bot5663632223:AAG5KHZDs7KWoaqTYx3lSyFlOdfD9vGegQo/

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

    Agent Tesla is a remote access tool (RAT) written in visual basic.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 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.

  • 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 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1900
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\RnzqvRAlVCaDTf.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:376
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\RnzqvRAlVCaDTf" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp32A9.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:524
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5040
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe"
        2⤵
        • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • outlook_office_path
        • outlook_win_path
        PID:368
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe"
        2⤵
          PID:4996
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe"
          2⤵
            PID:2612

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

        Execution

        Scripting

        1
        T1064

        Scheduled Task

        1
        T1053

        Persistence

        Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

        1
        T1060

        Scheduled Task

        1
        T1053

        Privilege Escalation

        Scheduled Task

        1
        T1053

        Defense Evasion

        Scripting

        1
        T1064

        Modify Registry

        1
        T1112

        Credential Access

        Credentials in Files

        3
        T1081

        Discovery

        Query Registry

        1
        T1012

        System Information Discovery

        2
        T1082

        Collection

        Data from Local System

        3
        T1005

        Email Collection

        1
        T1114

        Replay Monitor

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        Downloads

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\vbc.exe.log
          Filesize

          1KB

          MD5

          b7b9acb869ccc7f7ecb5304ec0384dee

          SHA1

          6a90751c95817903ee833d59a0abbef425a613b3

          SHA256

          8cb00a15cd942a1861c573d86d6fb430512c8e2f80f6349f48b16b8709ca7aa4

          SHA512

          7bec881ac5f59ac26f1be1e7e26d63f040c06369de10c1c246e531a4395d27c335d9acc647ecdedb48ed37bdc2dc405a4cfc11762e1c00659a49be259eaf8764

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_vdlg035q.jn0.ps1
          Filesize

          60B

          MD5

          d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

          SHA1

          6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

          SHA256

          96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

          SHA512

          5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp32A9.tmp
          Filesize

          1KB

          MD5

          f7f659792ed9eb5259ad78b249d04f29

          SHA1

          7a5d543de8e37787316c120cf82813b6c6236cdc

          SHA256

          b29e1cc45f9203ee1aff3f05c1fe49ad1cec1e86ae925ad982ee8be16210a4bd

          SHA512

          847df9d61650d88ae80c9d0f77997daa2e05012ec36d433ce9a9aebe3e6fcde2e39048b842cc98d96b20ee31729d675541bb45542cfb9f6c3dc13ee843c92eea

        • memory/368-162-0x0000000005790000-0x00000000057A0000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/368-147-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          192KB

        • memory/368-185-0x0000000007580000-0x0000000007742000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          1.8MB

        • memory/368-184-0x0000000007360000-0x00000000073B0000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          320KB

        • memory/368-192-0x0000000005790000-0x00000000057A0000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/368-150-0x0000000005850000-0x00000000058B6000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          408KB

        • memory/376-182-0x0000000007660000-0x000000000767A000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          104KB

        • memory/376-188-0x00000000079A0000-0x00000000079BA000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          104KB

        • memory/376-163-0x0000000004F00000-0x0000000004F10000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/376-189-0x0000000007980000-0x0000000007988000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          32KB

        • memory/376-164-0x0000000004F00000-0x0000000004F10000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/376-151-0x0000000005510000-0x0000000005532000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          136KB

        • memory/376-161-0x0000000005DA0000-0x0000000005E06000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          408KB

        • memory/376-165-0x0000000006350000-0x000000000636E000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          120KB

        • memory/376-144-0x0000000004DC0000-0x0000000004DF6000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          216KB

        • memory/376-186-0x00000000078E0000-0x0000000007976000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          600KB

        • memory/376-146-0x0000000005540000-0x0000000005B68000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          6.2MB

        • memory/376-166-0x0000000004F00000-0x0000000004F10000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/376-168-0x0000000006920000-0x0000000006952000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          200KB

        • memory/376-169-0x0000000070680000-0x00000000706CC000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          304KB

        • memory/376-179-0x00000000068E0000-0x00000000068FE000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          120KB

        • memory/376-180-0x0000000007CA0000-0x000000000831A000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          6.5MB

        • memory/376-187-0x0000000007890000-0x000000000789E000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          56KB

        • memory/376-181-0x000000007F9B0000-0x000000007F9C0000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/376-183-0x00000000076D0000-0x00000000076DA000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          40KB

        • memory/1900-133-0x0000000000250000-0x000000000031C000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          816KB

        • memory/1900-138-0x0000000004E50000-0x0000000004E60000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/1900-139-0x0000000006DD0000-0x0000000006E6C000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          624KB

        • memory/1900-137-0x0000000004BC0000-0x0000000004BCA000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          40KB

        • memory/1900-134-0x00000000050E0000-0x0000000005684000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          5.6MB

        • memory/1900-136-0x0000000004E50000-0x0000000004E60000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/1900-135-0x0000000004BD0000-0x0000000004C62000-memory.dmp
          Filesize

          584KB