hxxp://www[.]xgestedu[.]com

Analysis

max time kernel
116s
max time network
144s
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, 18:43

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General

Target

http://www.xgestedu.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 39 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31031991"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000006b1b24209a5b3c4ab603530fd8f378dc000000000200000000001066000000010000200000005c5577b934ce40e555f7298c434f35d8bf6a8733f7ed64fda5f3a17f3405161a000000000e8000000002000020000000d3a345302098c6707da67611d78a315dc3fd9daff3dad227172b2552f69817fb2000000049b5a6e363443d45ada3ea10a1d0e18784e3ae14b8cb18e4f79b1eaf134734be400000001d6be62c679a2a5726782f8d39b22da754f5e584201d1602096eab46cda45e17fa2a9c04691d466b08afd9bf12cff8455a902c018e9e384b373e8a363f38aaf3	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{2C1C35CB-EEAA-11ED-9156-DAE3AE61CC88} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "15840714"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "390429993"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000006b1b24209a5b3c4ab603530fd8f378dc000000000200000000001066000000010000200000002b7a3d00c96259277e4c346b6c64a60ea9fb7eec093ef8ba287bf9390f1658f5000000000e80000000020000200000004ea401a847c81ace5dac468cc56482666740a7e8b66889a90c9f5d864b1b9af6200000004b3a3dada26b11432de2ceb7718ab787873dae005f9074887f4617f3437dda82400000006489989a35bf87c4e80816dbcdd5012543f6a831c4259954ed27e15fd42ae9386831e7dd76e546c9450680a37639a51fd66896dada7198f0a75442f152faa2ab	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 909dff03b782d901	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = d040ea03b782d901	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31031991"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31031991"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "15840714"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "28029924"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3436	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3436	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
3436	iexplore.exe
3436	iexplore.exe
624	IEXPLORE.EXE
624	IEXPLORE.EXE
624	IEXPLORE.EXE
624	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3436 wrote to memory of 624	3436	iexplore.exe	85
PID 3436 wrote to memory of 624	3436	iexplore.exe	85
PID 3436 wrote to memory of 624	3436	iexplore.exe	85

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.xgestedu.com
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3436
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3436 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:624

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

Filesize
471B

MD5
bd71617256882953841a8337a4dd5d5c

SHA1
d9b47492fafc72a5fbca10c56229fe6a2757331a

SHA256
8f2693e8b656256ad2faa63c3421eb6f1a4e278d2e2e3cc97d5acd5642f97ba2

SHA512
2d40d636e04523d2095e6896f24a911c523d581b93d486af41275b3b6dc94e05bf5e4de8e2c8479886e4c3f2ff87215fd25c028846ba5a868258875dcca3fa2b

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

Filesize
434B

MD5
b16d6394add5049c9973fb100abb91cf

SHA1
8000350cfba714066fc767a458aa68211b4349a7

SHA256
4ea190e0a9af26e1cbbfccf5620f67bafa5c38deb30e6ea68d3cf17a57607b8d

SHA512
f88c94f43bd6e0e5d7138f36c95f423915195abd5b1bca3a7c24efc7205f8cb329149032807a1b898d32dc3a4aa132a6c0836d31e714bc26b753ee32a984d66f

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\1B83N948\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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