Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20230221-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230221-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    29-03-2023 02:25

General

  • Target

    CheatHubLauncher.exe

  • Size

    12.8MB

  • MD5

    0fb32f1fc38ca023300ba5a7b339bbb9

  • SHA1

    4cb9f12f4c6ad6fab6926c50116de275f8f75366

  • SHA256

    e8f8f059c4850f230af003ad19f23450b4f80df8a58fa547293298f31c6f453a

  • SHA512

    91db621ad5a5280102aad31a366a24b4b08148dc4bb706322bd79ed284fe0060691163aefdb0d74d374dc580d5136a849df1a009235d55c7c71f22bd664b922f

  • SSDEEP

    24576:jhf4MROxnFj3JrkxrrcI0AilFEvxHP2ooOtmUh+P:jSMi19qrrcI0AilFEvxHPrmUh+

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

orcus

C2

6.tcp.eu.ngrok.io:15409

Mutex

4f410509b9144dd9acb87977aa081e27

Attributes
  • autostart_method

    Registry

  • enable_keylogger

    false

  • install_path

    C:\Windows\security\logs\svchost.exe

  • reconnect_delay

    10000

  • registry_keyname

    svchost

  • taskscheduler_taskname

    svchost

  • watchdog_path

    AppData\svchost.exe

Signatures

  • Orcus

    Orcus is a Remote Access Trojan that is being sold on underground forums.

  • Orcus main payload 4 IoCs
  • Orcurs Rat Executable 5 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 13 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CheatHubLauncher.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CheatHubLauncher.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4224
    • C:\Windows\security\logs\svchost.exe
      "C:\Windows\security\logs\svchost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1340
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe" /launchSelfAndExit "C:\Windows\security\logs\svchost.exe" 1340 /protectFile
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1648
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe" /watchProcess "C:\Windows\security\logs\svchost.exe" 1340 "/protectFile"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2016
  • C:\Windows\security\logs\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\security\logs\svchost.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:4448

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Command and Control

Web Service

1
T1102

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Downloads

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

    425B

    MD5

    4eaca4566b22b01cd3bc115b9b0b2196

    SHA1

    e743e0792c19f71740416e7b3c061d9f1336bf94

    SHA256

    34ba0ab8d1850e7825763f413142a333ccbc05fa2b5499a28a7d27b8a1c5b4bb

    SHA512

    bc2b1bf45203e3bb3009a7d37617b8f0f7ffa613680b32de2b963e39d2cf1650614d7035a0cf78f35a4f5cb17a2a439e2e07deaefd2a4275a62efd0a5c0184a1

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Orcus\lib_4f410509b9144dd9acb87977aa081e27\CSCore.dll
    Filesize

    516KB

    MD5

    dde3ec6e17bc518b10c99efbd09ab72e

    SHA1

    a2306e60b74b8a01a0dbc1199a7fffca288f2033

    SHA256

    60a5077b443273238e6629ce5fc3ff7ee3592ea2e377b8fc28bfe6e76bda64b8

    SHA512

    09a528c18291980ca7c5ddca67625035bbb21b9d95ab0854670d28c59c4e7adc6d13a356fa1d2c9ad75d16b334ae9818e06ddb10408a3e776e4ef0d7b295f877

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Orcus\lib_4f410509b9144dd9acb87977aa081e27\CSCore.dll
    Filesize

    516KB

    MD5

    dde3ec6e17bc518b10c99efbd09ab72e

    SHA1

    a2306e60b74b8a01a0dbc1199a7fffca288f2033

    SHA256

    60a5077b443273238e6629ce5fc3ff7ee3592ea2e377b8fc28bfe6e76bda64b8

    SHA512

    09a528c18291980ca7c5ddca67625035bbb21b9d95ab0854670d28c59c4e7adc6d13a356fa1d2c9ad75d16b334ae9818e06ddb10408a3e776e4ef0d7b295f877

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Orcus\lib_4f410509b9144dd9acb87977aa081e27\SharpDX.DXGI.dll
    Filesize

    125KB

    MD5

    2b44c70c49b70d797fbb748158b5d9bb

    SHA1

    93e00e6527e461c45c7868d14cf05c007e478081

    SHA256

    3762d43c83af69cd38c9341a927ca6bd00f6bae8217c874d693047d6df4705bf

    SHA512

    faced62f6ecbfa2ee0d7a47e300302d23030d1f28758cbe9c442e9d8d4f8359c59088aa6237a28103e43d248c8efc7eeaf2c184028701b752df6cce92d6854d0

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Orcus\lib_4f410509b9144dd9acb87977aa081e27\SharpDX.DXGI.dll
    Filesize

    125KB

    MD5

    2b44c70c49b70d797fbb748158b5d9bb

    SHA1

    93e00e6527e461c45c7868d14cf05c007e478081

    SHA256

    3762d43c83af69cd38c9341a927ca6bd00f6bae8217c874d693047d6df4705bf

    SHA512

    faced62f6ecbfa2ee0d7a47e300302d23030d1f28758cbe9c442e9d8d4f8359c59088aa6237a28103e43d248c8efc7eeaf2c184028701b752df6cce92d6854d0

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Orcus\lib_4f410509b9144dd9acb87977aa081e27\SharpDX.Direct3D11.dll
    Filesize

    271KB

    MD5

    98eb5ba5871acdeaebf3a3b0f64be449

    SHA1

    c965284f60ef789b00b10b3df60ee682b4497de3

    SHA256

    d7617d926648849cbfef450b8f48e458ee52e2793fb2251a30094b778aa8848c

    SHA512

    a60025e304713d333e4b82b2d0be28087950688b049c98d2db5910c00b8d45b92e16d25ac8a58ff1318de019de3a9a00c7cbf8a6ad4b5bb1cb175dafa1b9bea2

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Orcus\lib_4f410509b9144dd9acb87977aa081e27\SharpDX.Direct3D11.dll
    Filesize

    271KB

    MD5

    98eb5ba5871acdeaebf3a3b0f64be449

    SHA1

    c965284f60ef789b00b10b3df60ee682b4497de3

    SHA256

    d7617d926648849cbfef450b8f48e458ee52e2793fb2251a30094b778aa8848c

    SHA512

    a60025e304713d333e4b82b2d0be28087950688b049c98d2db5910c00b8d45b92e16d25ac8a58ff1318de019de3a9a00c7cbf8a6ad4b5bb1cb175dafa1b9bea2

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Orcus\lib_4f410509b9144dd9acb87977aa081e27\SharpDX.Direct3D9.dll
    Filesize

    338KB

    MD5

    934da0e49208d0881c44fe19d5033840

    SHA1

    a19c5a822e82e41752a08d3bd9110db19a8a5016

    SHA256

    02da4af8cd4a8de19d816000caaae885e676b9e52f136ff071a279c2b8ad34c7

    SHA512

    de62f629c2299b50af62893244a28895d63b78138c8632449984306f45de16bd01076eadbb0d75a700215e970c1df731e202ea640236c0f0da6ed15146193b59

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Orcus\lib_4f410509b9144dd9acb87977aa081e27\SharpDX.Direct3D9.dll
    Filesize

    338KB

    MD5

    934da0e49208d0881c44fe19d5033840

    SHA1

    a19c5a822e82e41752a08d3bd9110db19a8a5016

    SHA256

    02da4af8cd4a8de19d816000caaae885e676b9e52f136ff071a279c2b8ad34c7

    SHA512

    de62f629c2299b50af62893244a28895d63b78138c8632449984306f45de16bd01076eadbb0d75a700215e970c1df731e202ea640236c0f0da6ed15146193b59

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Orcus\lib_4f410509b9144dd9acb87977aa081e27\SharpDX.dll
    Filesize

    247KB

    MD5

    ffb4b61cc11bec6d48226027c2c26704

    SHA1

    fa8b9e344accbdc4dffa9b5d821d23f0716da29e

    SHA256

    061542ff3fb36039b7bbffdf3e07b66176b264c1dfd834a14b09c08620717303

    SHA512

    48aa6130bf1f5bd6de19256bbdf754c0158b43dd122cec47bb801a7a7b56f2da268bfdec24d135621764a23278ead3dcc35911a057e2dfa55a348bae8ef7b8a9

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Orcus\lib_4f410509b9144dd9acb87977aa081e27\SharpDX.dll
    Filesize

    247KB

    MD5

    ffb4b61cc11bec6d48226027c2c26704

    SHA1

    fa8b9e344accbdc4dffa9b5d821d23f0716da29e

    SHA256

    061542ff3fb36039b7bbffdf3e07b66176b264c1dfd834a14b09c08620717303

    SHA512

    48aa6130bf1f5bd6de19256bbdf754c0158b43dd122cec47bb801a7a7b56f2da268bfdec24d135621764a23278ead3dcc35911a057e2dfa55a348bae8ef7b8a9

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Orcus\lib_4f410509b9144dd9acb87977aa081e27\TurboJpegWrapper.dll
    Filesize

    1.3MB

    MD5

    ac6acc235ebef6374bed71b37e322874

    SHA1

    a267baad59cd7352167636836bad4b971fcd6b6b

    SHA256

    047b042cebf4c851f0d14f85f16ce952f03e48c20362d4ed9390875d4900fe96

    SHA512

    72ac8b8c8f27264cc261297c325d14a0be2084d007c6132ab8402d87f912fe9189cb074db11625d9f86d29a6188f22a89e58ae45c9131fac4522473567017081

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Orcus\lib_4f410509b9144dd9acb87977aa081e27\TurboJpegWrapper.dll
    Filesize

    1.3MB

    MD5

    ac6acc235ebef6374bed71b37e322874

    SHA1

    a267baad59cd7352167636836bad4b971fcd6b6b

    SHA256

    047b042cebf4c851f0d14f85f16ce952f03e48c20362d4ed9390875d4900fe96

    SHA512

    72ac8b8c8f27264cc261297c325d14a0be2084d007c6132ab8402d87f912fe9189cb074db11625d9f86d29a6188f22a89e58ae45c9131fac4522473567017081

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Orcus\lib_4f410509b9144dd9acb87977aa081e27\x86\turbojpeg.dll
    Filesize

    646KB

    MD5

    82898ed19da89d7d44e280a3ced95e9b

    SHA1

    eec0af5733c642eac8c5e08479f462d1ec1ed4db

    SHA256

    5f4b9f8360764d75c9faaecd94f6d200c54611b33064cd216e363d973dae7c29

    SHA512

    ee7b884ce7d7366ee28fb17721b6c89bd4eba8fb373cdbb483e26a4ed7a74ab5db847513c54704d753d77a7e18b1fb9fee90ed6bbc0540bff702273fda36b682

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

    9KB

    MD5

    913967b216326e36a08010fb70f9dba3

    SHA1

    7b6f8c2eb5b443e03c212b85c2f0edb9c76ad2bf

    SHA256

    8d880758549220154d2ff4ee578f2b49527c5fb76a07d55237b61e30bcc09e3a

    SHA512

    c6fcb98d9fd509e9834fc3fba143bd36d41869cc104fbce5354951f0a6756156e34a30796baaa130dd45de3ed96e039ec14716716f6da4569915c7ef2d2b6c33

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

    9KB

    MD5

    913967b216326e36a08010fb70f9dba3

    SHA1

    7b6f8c2eb5b443e03c212b85c2f0edb9c76ad2bf

    SHA256

    8d880758549220154d2ff4ee578f2b49527c5fb76a07d55237b61e30bcc09e3a

    SHA512

    c6fcb98d9fd509e9834fc3fba143bd36d41869cc104fbce5354951f0a6756156e34a30796baaa130dd45de3ed96e039ec14716716f6da4569915c7ef2d2b6c33

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

    9KB

    MD5

    913967b216326e36a08010fb70f9dba3

    SHA1

    7b6f8c2eb5b443e03c212b85c2f0edb9c76ad2bf

    SHA256

    8d880758549220154d2ff4ee578f2b49527c5fb76a07d55237b61e30bcc09e3a

    SHA512

    c6fcb98d9fd509e9834fc3fba143bd36d41869cc104fbce5354951f0a6756156e34a30796baaa130dd45de3ed96e039ec14716716f6da4569915c7ef2d2b6c33

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

    9KB

    MD5

    913967b216326e36a08010fb70f9dba3

    SHA1

    7b6f8c2eb5b443e03c212b85c2f0edb9c76ad2bf

    SHA256

    8d880758549220154d2ff4ee578f2b49527c5fb76a07d55237b61e30bcc09e3a

    SHA512

    c6fcb98d9fd509e9834fc3fba143bd36d41869cc104fbce5354951f0a6756156e34a30796baaa130dd45de3ed96e039ec14716716f6da4569915c7ef2d2b6c33

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe.config
    Filesize

    357B

    MD5

    a2b76cea3a59fa9af5ea21ff68139c98

    SHA1

    35d76475e6a54c168f536e30206578babff58274

    SHA256

    f99ef5bf79a7c43701877f0bb0b890591885bb0a3d605762647cc8ffbf10c839

    SHA512

    b52608b45153c489419228864ecbcb92be24c644d470818dfe15f8c7e661a7bcd034ea13ef401f2b84ad5c29a41c9b4c7d161cc33ae3ef71659bc2bca1a8c4ad

  • C:\Windows\security\logs\svchost.exe
    Filesize

    12.8MB

    MD5

    0fb32f1fc38ca023300ba5a7b339bbb9

    SHA1

    4cb9f12f4c6ad6fab6926c50116de275f8f75366

    SHA256

    e8f8f059c4850f230af003ad19f23450b4f80df8a58fa547293298f31c6f453a

    SHA512

    91db621ad5a5280102aad31a366a24b4b08148dc4bb706322bd79ed284fe0060691163aefdb0d74d374dc580d5136a849df1a009235d55c7c71f22bd664b922f

  • C:\Windows\security\logs\svchost.exe
    Filesize

    12.8MB

    MD5

    0fb32f1fc38ca023300ba5a7b339bbb9

    SHA1

    4cb9f12f4c6ad6fab6926c50116de275f8f75366

    SHA256

    e8f8f059c4850f230af003ad19f23450b4f80df8a58fa547293298f31c6f453a

    SHA512

    91db621ad5a5280102aad31a366a24b4b08148dc4bb706322bd79ed284fe0060691163aefdb0d74d374dc580d5136a849df1a009235d55c7c71f22bd664b922f

  • C:\Windows\security\logs\svchost.exe
    Filesize

    12.8MB

    MD5

    0fb32f1fc38ca023300ba5a7b339bbb9

    SHA1

    4cb9f12f4c6ad6fab6926c50116de275f8f75366

    SHA256

    e8f8f059c4850f230af003ad19f23450b4f80df8a58fa547293298f31c6f453a

    SHA512

    91db621ad5a5280102aad31a366a24b4b08148dc4bb706322bd79ed284fe0060691163aefdb0d74d374dc580d5136a849df1a009235d55c7c71f22bd664b922f

  • C:\Windows\security\logs\svchost.exe
    Filesize

    12.8MB

    MD5

    0fb32f1fc38ca023300ba5a7b339bbb9

    SHA1

    4cb9f12f4c6ad6fab6926c50116de275f8f75366

    SHA256

    e8f8f059c4850f230af003ad19f23450b4f80df8a58fa547293298f31c6f453a

    SHA512

    91db621ad5a5280102aad31a366a24b4b08148dc4bb706322bd79ed284fe0060691163aefdb0d74d374dc580d5136a849df1a009235d55c7c71f22bd664b922f

  • C:\Windows\security\logs\svchost.exe.config
    Filesize

    357B

    MD5

    a2b76cea3a59fa9af5ea21ff68139c98

    SHA1

    35d76475e6a54c168f536e30206578babff58274

    SHA256

    f99ef5bf79a7c43701877f0bb0b890591885bb0a3d605762647cc8ffbf10c839

    SHA512

    b52608b45153c489419228864ecbcb92be24c644d470818dfe15f8c7e661a7bcd034ea13ef401f2b84ad5c29a41c9b4c7d161cc33ae3ef71659bc2bca1a8c4ad

  • memory/1340-181-0x0000000007380000-0x00000000073C4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    272KB

  • memory/1340-173-0x0000000007160000-0x0000000007172000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    72KB

  • memory/1340-168-0x0000000007770000-0x00000000077D6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/1340-230-0x0000000009630000-0x0000000009B5C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    5.2MB

  • memory/1340-188-0x0000000007420000-0x000000000746A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    296KB

  • memory/1340-153-0x0000000007320000-0x000000000732A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/1340-195-0x0000000007FC0000-0x000000000801A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    360KB

  • memory/1340-176-0x0000000008130000-0x00000000082F2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.8MB

  • memory/1340-175-0x0000000007E50000-0x0000000007F5A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.0MB

  • memory/1340-174-0x00000000077E0000-0x000000000781C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1340-202-0x00000000073D0000-0x00000000073F6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    152KB

  • memory/1340-229-0x0000000008B40000-0x0000000008BEA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    680KB

  • memory/1340-209-0x0000000008CA0000-0x0000000008DF4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.3MB

  • memory/1340-172-0x0000000008320000-0x0000000008938000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    6.1MB

  • memory/1340-226-0x0000000006E90000-0x0000000006F16000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    536KB

  • memory/1340-216-0x00000000660C0000-0x000000006614F000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    572KB

  • memory/1648-167-0x0000000000F10000-0x0000000000F18000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/4224-134-0x00000000049E0000-0x00000000049F0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/4224-135-0x0000000005080000-0x0000000005624000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    5.6MB

  • memory/4224-136-0x0000000004B70000-0x0000000004C02000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    584KB

  • memory/4224-133-0x0000000000070000-0x0000000000178000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.0MB