hxxp://ctldl[.]windowsupdate[.]com

Analysis

max time kernel
136s
max time network
183s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230220-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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31-03-2023 14:43

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General

Target

http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 51 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000016b1b6fc7cfc59429b2ebf78760d5fe3000000000200000000001066000000010000200000005d70720013c841da3089708520735c7a98e844ba683e7840a57c9826e5518af7000000000e800000000200002000000098eb4b992edfe4c23b5276009132d7613f67968ed51584c2fff0f99d7b54201820000000e886f568747f1f631316f01d27baa0c69dc61c5000b95e84c7b5277edf5b161f4000000007ae9871fbcb5448040d4a41915eafbe2b6394336ec4bbf36504206d0787abced54324357d6ea7113756849f7884cce53f07ade40f4acdb8a0eeb75d37c7a1d8	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com\Total = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com\Total = "124"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 102a6447fe63d901	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com\NumberOfSubdomains = "1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "387052082"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{59F6E129-CFF1-11ED-9EF6-EEF7611730E8} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "878697448"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000016b1b6fc7cfc59429b2ebf78760d5fe300000000020000000000106600000001000020000000766f3ccadeef6198336d5f29203e095790c5f7817921b7c2b9112b7a1d9126e9000000000e8000000002000020000000a1296e4f1c7bb31d4d55f424277566938b0d37dfbc2dd202a5dcd2d8ac01c80b200000006ee04d58804f7adb1718250f09860f9e28db79382f13397c1c21eacb72d7f15e40000000f4beb35cec0c75f79b7e267724955167791462eb24b32a75d6de56aeb279f9bc352c91869f97bbf7b4480b535e832e14f4f52ba9476e29ac6447b7144a7c6093	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000016b1b6fc7cfc59429b2ebf78760d5fe3000000000200000000001066000000010000200000007179b06fded82be0936a30a4f0110c044f936b6cbbb230a90f0881fc0e088990000000000e80000000020000200000003dc68f5fc9c83ca627e849fa05299c093a03bcdbfab40e79f922b25625463e4d20000000bcd4957408f4a637752e4c4208e565e97e19ad2623ce1049e68f7a1d7fe4fd79400000008186bd0ce6bbe4fb45f11286e32148604050fa75928ed527eb30e5c033c14cc1ae4e38f8e17ae6af2de8492fbd9b8b1d24125d23195e8b8fd00345c53c74de5f	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 5076bf41fe63d901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "124"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\support.microsoft.com\ = "124"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31024126"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31024126"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 105b773ffe63d901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\support.microsoft.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "878697448"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\support.microsoft.com\ = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4264	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4264	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4264	iexplore.exe
4264	iexplore.exe
4172	IEXPLORE.EXE
4172	IEXPLORE.EXE
4172	IEXPLORE.EXE
4172	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4264 wrote to memory of 4172	4264	iexplore.exe	80
PID 4264 wrote to memory of 4172	4264	iexplore.exe	80
PID 4264 wrote to memory of 4172	4264	iexplore.exe	80

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4264
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4264 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4172

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\6BADA8974A10C4BD62CC921D13E43B18_1DC6D7385EA816C957BA2B715AC5C442

Filesize
1KB

MD5
8461a037b38246996c5f98a64b5fd918

SHA1
db8bf194f154ebcdedf9b0a8a9adc62d02dff008

SHA256
c85675b72791f932ebe52b51bc13dcb761a469b1fbde881c6c4ef6ba93a1b36f

SHA512
1ed13f73bd0e64d5609764ee65d642d3c9b658a117616e8e3ed4149b546695183f10befb51f24d471f134ddd02fd3068ea88cf949fde9c8be19bfaddff4a3880

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\6BADA8974A10C4BD62CC921D13E43B18_1DC6D7385EA816C957BA2B715AC5C442

Filesize
446B

MD5
e91af46b3564628759509fc41c2a4e46

SHA1
3c9990579ac2f8cd4b3da3c71e79e040b486622e

SHA256
a860e3a9945c51e7270be6906383fb49c047f7d0734360f2e17b8567b8403010

SHA512
32d9f5855859167359c42f6c5d52a3e31f70b3c9a38fce1ea78ae2cfe1fbc8ee53f7310678065c1179789830d8c15a3764f74a64b0b17d01eeeacc4f687c3bbb

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\WHRAODAT\support.microsoft[1].xml

Filesize
13B

MD5
c1ddea3ef6bbef3e7060a1a9ad89e4c5

SHA1
35e3224fcbd3e1af306f2b6a2c6bbea9b0867966

SHA256
b71e4d17274636b97179ba2d97c742735b6510eb54f22893d3a2daff2ceb28db

SHA512
6be8cec7c862afae5b37aa32dc5bb45912881a3276606da41bf808a4ef92c318b355e616bf45a257b995520d72b7c08752c0be445dceade5cf79f73480910fed

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\verCBEB.tmp

Filesize
15KB

MD5
1a545d0052b581fbb2ab4c52133846bc

SHA1
62f3266a9b9925cd6d98658b92adec673cbe3dd3

SHA256
557472aeaebf4c1c800b9df14c190f66d62cbabb011300dbedde2dcddd27a6c1

SHA512
bd326d111589d87cd6d019378ec725ac9ac7ad4c36f22453941f7d52f90b747ede4783a83dfff6cae1b3bb46690ad49cffa77f2afda019b22863ac485b406e8d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\feo4h2u\imagestore.dat

Filesize
771B

MD5
d6383d27d5b32c50691e689132d1a6f5

SHA1
18ca83428626d2e84a4d8a6b61cf8587cc06f7b1

SHA256
124cb8c419148903f6f0b5f755bf03594bb8f0565c6c5218baba3b3929bd7e22

SHA512
f6d67e8e044772956e7c7d9f1b4ca1fd6fafeb5dd9c4241ed428e7fb249175e374a65f3133cc4175fdc0578cb0d50851f3e13a64bef7be0b686b37aa1081ad4d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\8OI4IV75\SupMDL2_v4_69[2].woff

Filesize
33KB

MD5
c6de87ee555ba9c32f8b95b2253963f6

SHA1
4f1e0fc053f1bd47bf515155405e15dba3f07a79

SHA256
736cbd05debaadea59f6eda99c3d8f7a7c586ad70a4a342b14ba8eb11a95a480

SHA512
012c96fcd366d76d33154cb9a3cd227c77252969ca1c0785044bc59dfff190dcba34bde9b230cef57675f650845ceaa3167561796142c34812af8dc73097ca68

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\8OI4IV75\favicon-32x32[1].png

Filesize
631B

MD5
fb2ed9313c602f40b7a2762acc15ff89

SHA1
8a390d07a8401d40cbc1a16d873911fa4cb463f5

SHA256
b241d02fab4b17291af37993eb249f9303eb5897610abafac4c9f6aa6a878369

SHA512
9cbcf5c7b8409494f6d543434ecaff42de8a2d0632a17931062d7d1cc130d43e61162eedb0965b545e65e0687ded4d4b51e29631568af34b157a7d02a3852508

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\UUIKWEAJ\OffSMDL2.4.50[1].woff

Filesize
43KB

MD5
4c6c928daf19e2a06faf12bd2f002d2e

SHA1
027d4709db809d9e9b2627b74a152aec29066ee8

SHA256
2c9728c235211d8956826af42d99936b409536e6027e9162835731d5b005d462

SHA512
62445364d9696d1ffa4bacb49b6d04d4d2415d3145b628885d48348c233a11fa336c5de8133564c541d73152950b33a3661f190d3f86a326ceff13cb0d52005e

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\UUIKWEAJ\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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