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

Analysis

max time kernel
105s
max time network
130s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230220-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
03/04/2023, 21:43

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General

Target

http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 49 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com\NumberOfSubdomains = "1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1498869760"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com\Total = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = f035da4b7c66d901	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{83871D50-D26F-11ED-8FFF-E2BD7878EA51} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\support.microsoft.com\ = "124"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com\Total = "124"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\support.microsoft.com\ = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31024764"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1484807009"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31024764"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "387326166"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\support.microsoft.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31024764"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "124"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "1484807009"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000010d3bb75b0ea114e9ca1233a5a090b7b00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000533cdfedf772911e61f6b0f284c00b22d822b203ad1b5fc05bfa5fd5fa2b25e6000000000e80000000020000200000006d69fcec6a07d7e7e37a2c5face3008a4de935a9326bf34d0783d5e39dd1f09020000000b87d0dfcd09bf7cd56467c7ccaa1310348fcbdd757188d1d1710fefeb0e9acb1400000008c8f89db22dbd29c37d9f6e46bd7f8a8c22027a5f2ad02cf22db3ea41224c4ea8a0904d5af9a011c0719fa3ef6b123ca76282b9c31cc56e1598f321bbe13134a	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1788	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1788	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1788	iexplore.exe
1788	iexplore.exe
3264	IEXPLORE.EXE
3264	IEXPLORE.EXE
3264	IEXPLORE.EXE
3264	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1788 wrote to memory of 3264	1788	iexplore.exe	87
PID 1788 wrote to memory of 3264	1788	iexplore.exe	87
PID 1788 wrote to memory of 3264	1788	iexplore.exe	87

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:1788
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1788 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:3264

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
dde292d6a9acb9155b3d3114493a9a51

SHA1
81e89a5e56696093366c1c632d62d186a477a6ee

SHA256
46ab8693f1b782c32ae9eced71370e28f41576039edef747626103f1d6e63d97

SHA512
6ccdfcfce0c5c6ad5a0979ed61e9a05ebf1fa53690fa4be7a053c785c05eb4f0383906562189308703608f7073a22c768a553b948ea0491c841b8dd933a03496

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776

Filesize
471B

MD5
8b82e64a7691fb70aec48c12c37eb312

SHA1
96084b73e24ced2adea93695f71a62092771ce79

SHA256
5e1b36f0cccb94221d862d2fe35c892d699d397a87f74f18a668a57ba7ef8d5e

SHA512
36802e6043f76d717a376d762f84e89be4bf5b6675bcc662f9f768dfe6487582654333ede1f871cadaa5b5120ad5147ca81bd79b5092623d38f1fbf4037237f8

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

Filesize
446B

MD5
460624d8d04e1cde5a77dd541e3cd439

SHA1
2606c47e8f33e1b153b75b24b61777be3a5d3771

SHA256
df3f3dab7209e87f6d939bf99966e191712ea10049338c794dae99a6aa87e12f

SHA512
1894eb25d48570f41bad898212051631c78a027baf1d04d3aebec83be98af92e0f487f6a6b3e2ddb7e7025ea067ac08a5cf3395dc5d73e9479edbb1ef200fde1

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776

Filesize
434B

MD5
36d26a7beb6b727a37c54dd312826644

SHA1
4b0f03a20a7fc6e09209921a3bb8f72eed24a8d1

SHA256
ca5df5175c30b26f7a2f5e3e9c3888854209dfe08f43cd18896d51fcd3a0c2db

SHA512
db88270aad7111af19db67effa84114fe843ba634c534bca00dbb72ebc61e59bf0af048f7b541fafde1483d8cab251523a1777f18572d07b044c936bf5bd12fe

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\VJF7J1KS\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\imagestore\phzg4yt\imagestore.dat

Filesize
771B

MD5
d6b823d90c548ef82369d025cda8c424

SHA1
f0f594036e4a11df42f18f5981bbb3524644cce3

SHA256
c48ef9b86848810d3b21140b2b3aaaf3f7876df7a0aef16e87f06dd2c404f85f

SHA512
7ab84d0ae9ddd23293401fd4bdb805bc22d104a5a67c0a0fda82283a21f380b549f2888e9ee239e2c1f6b287d6c506b080ac1516e3bde386620170dbe50eaa60

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\4VT6R2QM\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\EY3KXMB3\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\EY3KXMB3\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\U4IULL1L\favicon-32x32[1].png

Filesize
631B

MD5
fb2ed9313c602f40b7a2762acc15ff89

SHA1
8a390d07a8401d40cbc1a16d873911fa4cb463f5

SHA256
b241d02fab4b17291af37993eb249f9303eb5897610abafac4c9f6aa6a878369

SHA512
9cbcf5c7b8409494f6d543434ecaff42de8a2d0632a17931062d7d1cc130d43e61162eedb0965b545e65e0687ded4d4b51e29631568af34b157a7d02a3852508

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