hxxp://about[:]blank

Analysis

max time kernel
135s
max time network
144s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230221-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230221-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
13/05/2023, 12:34

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General

Target

http://about:blank

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 28 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "2471605632"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{BE66A8C5-F1A8-11ED-8227-CA88EA23B6D1} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31032757"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2477886996"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31032757"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2471605632"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31032757"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "390759232"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4488	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4488	iexplore.exe
4488	iexplore.exe
2688	IEXPLORE.EXE
2688	IEXPLORE.EXE
2688	IEXPLORE.EXE
2688	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4488 wrote to memory of 2688	4488	iexplore.exe	82
PID 4488 wrote to memory of 2688	4488	iexplore.exe	82
PID 4488 wrote to memory of 2688	4488	iexplore.exe	82

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://about:blank
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4488
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4488 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2688

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\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776

Filesize
471B

MD5
d215e8f258878362467ca56e881e503c

SHA1
bde8ed9da4b8297b2efeae31e307b3a724cf6c26

SHA256
00898cb46fa389fc4fbb5965b2d5a4a19a7fdec1988491a7d6b66a45e2032770

SHA512
241daebdf2a192eb34b69b36af731f78fa241e030633777d4a3ec37d6ff994e2e7f646d9aecaa7ab8a9fa91c4db135ad22c7ff585b0f9d52231bbb22245b7144

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

Filesize
434B

MD5
d410320c796faa60dc12231bf2bf48c4

SHA1
11026722a8091496a68fd7212e6ef784ad7f4c97

SHA256
ccc700121643ae1c4a343f245844110b05a34264e4f249800a30f03e5e9e61f5

SHA512
cea7942e61d5cf4d64ebb4e1ecd2e92ebcd4cf0e807d7bf4f5869785a03b3670ba9e012ee72498fc02b78eb4bcf06c8e9dcc3c0db3cc3343ebdd0cd742d46df8

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

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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