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

Analysis

max time kernel
108s
max time network
169s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230220-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
09/05/2023, 22:41

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General

Target

http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 44 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "124"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000c884d0db6b01394f84d012a5eedc1d2d0000000002000000000010660000000100002000000058f6d824788227f4f76b32a82f5c2c258275c5ad6c1828f938a845f2f40b01e5000000000e8000000002000020000000f19bb8142f3e95ecac988648592b7da533551b53c7ab44272afe0b1e57a27afc20000000d1e29222f11cba3f88e178cccc6c6e3a89f2bea803a413173f29fa2750925ea6400000007dd769e7b29f64f99b62891a069086269444e43da115b093349a1e2b57f54097a2e4babb41cb351a140ff155d3b302dbf4655a1bd40d97c82f84ea4461849d98	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = d0b5ccd5d882d901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000c884d0db6b01394f84d012a5eedc1d2d000000000200000000001066000000010000200000003426af7240db0cfb2826da84214e8be05d9fa9077c40d332d867c8c822f8d253000000000e800000000200002000000086a54367069013b4cc03f92f89cb72f6ffe2283d1396de0ffe92aa6960f74077200000002547dab9f32ac139c8febdcac454b4c328a083abff6a8a68716c5cf9567b123c4000000013c19706d653e8a87c20a2ce4f1c8059a32a8d5e785d5a5d5a3e05cf33539056b9a8d86c3ff664022164af78af6bd3f6958aa70865d648ea2679e3bbf0b4fd22	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\support.microsoft.com\ = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000c884d0db6b01394f84d012a5eedc1d2d0000000002000000000010660000000100002000000012991ad33e1b075144e6269ed131c431a2a3997055c16705bb39f8c9c2c1902b000000000e80000000020000200000009863c496b24692a093bd943d1fce30d36f2e6284f07f99edd063a30948f8d47d20000000b342281ebe2c17029313349b3c4ba0d6ddcc0593206b0312b722ab57098f5c7740000000870abe88c40cf690b48edaa0e14b31f5abe1af87a6e2d9a42a6f21f68dab9c9415912597fbef734deef217f3a9a3f323fa2cbb335a1f03a7a739784558671492	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com\Total = "124"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{ED9E8A3B-EECB-11ED-B7D7-4E89871AD1F5} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com\Total = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 70fed7dcd882d901	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 00a3b9d5d882d901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "390444491"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com\NumberOfSubdomains = "1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\support.microsoft.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\support.microsoft.com\ = "124"	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1800	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1800	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1800	iexplore.exe
1800	iexplore.exe
1500	IEXPLORE.EXE
1500	IEXPLORE.EXE
1500	IEXPLORE.EXE
1500	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1500	1800	iexplore.exe	82
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1500	1800	iexplore.exe	82
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1500	1800	iexplore.exe	82

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:1800
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1800 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1500

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
841785fa29e2c9c554cfde87bcbda6b7

SHA1
dcfd3c07636dbcea62a23e20d60e268e476a24c9

SHA256
4f072540751d954745f9db3db8ddb93c122a52700fe4bc5ecb977c2c48c52562

SHA512
e9ff84cd3b073e01cd68e70c5e5e9b99f062b552e9641f21c3273497526d158f88baff8a3b08098bb65c353c3f2af8acd8cb3d14079f853ea1bedd655178fb6c

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

Filesize
446B

MD5
46c022a0dd8e584c60654d4a6e415fde

SHA1
340a1c7066aef6621cb9138d7a2db7ac5012abd3

SHA256
adf078785afb9bf223c9cb775849c6d9e8a77ec54d63edc10dd9e3717400969a

SHA512
b89780da6cafdeb98d96f893daa6c6ad2d3a9c7892592e1a8d7f19d2cf33e71877f7a8ca4434dd9f8db90d7d211aa15265033e70cf873a8b59ad718e9eebb837

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\I9I3O6M0\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\9afmek3\imagestore.dat

Filesize
771B

MD5
e7ba2ed6ea5d27c2705754cffa6794a9

SHA1
f6cb52045b88a1679ff0c293d70b3a36701dfb65

SHA256
e5dca4f5ad1b64480e6384d8b7648140e59940266ff018e370bbb14f20dfdfbe

SHA512
61e35f9da759031f64245c76fc54b36ac9885624ca866a1ad81b80109b1b084e9b02d7a42843c8065743431335df5d8748a5cea2ef8df7fc029a9df12eb98a54

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\9YACFB9R\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\DKFP9JBL\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\DKFP9JBL\favicon-32x32[1].png

Filesize
631B

MD5
fb2ed9313c602f40b7a2762acc15ff89

SHA1
8a390d07a8401d40cbc1a16d873911fa4cb463f5

SHA256
b241d02fab4b17291af37993eb249f9303eb5897610abafac4c9f6aa6a878369

SHA512
9cbcf5c7b8409494f6d543434ecaff42de8a2d0632a17931062d7d1cc130d43e61162eedb0965b545e65e0687ded4d4b51e29631568af34b157a7d02a3852508

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