Analysis

  • max time kernel
    113s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20230220-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    01-06-2023 05:07

General

  • Target

    metado.exe

  • Size

    212KB

  • MD5

    61775e71ab7eea1eea28aa662ab7b637

  • SHA1

    c0683c7db50b9de84325904d588b7dbc4e8110a7

  • SHA256

    8c28c791c7fb3d51619c3301068008225d13b2a9b1e080ffa85d7f34cdb2b665

  • SHA512

    7ed7f1c9ea4d48e8ba770023f2b4938bc8a2ac5560721c0fcc04eec1b052c9388be9cea46b686217b7a9345d1cccd696c14317c3dbaf02a6362b3dcb102e0a81

  • SSDEEP

    3072:meTRJ0kHbnpN23kQKp5XzutZXKGrpeN84LuZAIybiy3xEfbi:FTR2AnpN2wDurXBeBuZAIMEj

Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\metado.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\metado.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4316
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9e2a16078\metado.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9e2a16078\metado.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2760
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /SC MINUTE /MO 1 /TN metado.exe /TR "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9e2a16078\metado.exe" /F
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1808
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k echo Y|CACLS "metado.exe" /P "Admin:N"&&CACLS "metado.exe" /P "Admin:R" /E&&echo Y|CACLS "..\a9e2a16078" /P "Admin:N"&&CACLS "..\a9e2a16078" /P "Admin:R" /E&&Exit
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1692
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /S /D /c" echo Y"
          4⤵
            PID:3088
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cacls.exe
            CACLS "metado.exe" /P "Admin:N"
            4⤵
              PID:3152
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cacls.exe
              CACLS "metado.exe" /P "Admin:R" /E
              4⤵
                PID:4976
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /S /D /c" echo Y"
                4⤵
                  PID:4636
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cacls.exe
                  CACLS "..\a9e2a16078" /P "Admin:N"
                  4⤵
                    PID:1292
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cacls.exe
                    CACLS "..\a9e2a16078" /P "Admin:R" /E
                    4⤵
                      PID:4996
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\006700e5a2ab05\clip64.dll, Main
                    3⤵
                    • Loads dropped DLL
                    PID:4088
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9e2a16078\metado.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9e2a16078\metado.exe
                1⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                PID:3612
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9e2a16078\metado.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9e2a16078\metado.exe
                1⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                PID:4100

              Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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              Downloads

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9e2a16078\metado.exe

                Filesize

                212KB

                MD5

                61775e71ab7eea1eea28aa662ab7b637

                SHA1

                c0683c7db50b9de84325904d588b7dbc4e8110a7

                SHA256

                8c28c791c7fb3d51619c3301068008225d13b2a9b1e080ffa85d7f34cdb2b665

                SHA512

                7ed7f1c9ea4d48e8ba770023f2b4938bc8a2ac5560721c0fcc04eec1b052c9388be9cea46b686217b7a9345d1cccd696c14317c3dbaf02a6362b3dcb102e0a81

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9e2a16078\metado.exe

                Filesize

                212KB

                MD5

                61775e71ab7eea1eea28aa662ab7b637

                SHA1

                c0683c7db50b9de84325904d588b7dbc4e8110a7

                SHA256

                8c28c791c7fb3d51619c3301068008225d13b2a9b1e080ffa85d7f34cdb2b665

                SHA512

                7ed7f1c9ea4d48e8ba770023f2b4938bc8a2ac5560721c0fcc04eec1b052c9388be9cea46b686217b7a9345d1cccd696c14317c3dbaf02a6362b3dcb102e0a81

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9e2a16078\metado.exe

                Filesize

                212KB

                MD5

                61775e71ab7eea1eea28aa662ab7b637

                SHA1

                c0683c7db50b9de84325904d588b7dbc4e8110a7

                SHA256

                8c28c791c7fb3d51619c3301068008225d13b2a9b1e080ffa85d7f34cdb2b665

                SHA512

                7ed7f1c9ea4d48e8ba770023f2b4938bc8a2ac5560721c0fcc04eec1b052c9388be9cea46b686217b7a9345d1cccd696c14317c3dbaf02a6362b3dcb102e0a81

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9e2a16078\metado.exe

                Filesize

                212KB

                MD5

                61775e71ab7eea1eea28aa662ab7b637

                SHA1

                c0683c7db50b9de84325904d588b7dbc4e8110a7

                SHA256

                8c28c791c7fb3d51619c3301068008225d13b2a9b1e080ffa85d7f34cdb2b665

                SHA512

                7ed7f1c9ea4d48e8ba770023f2b4938bc8a2ac5560721c0fcc04eec1b052c9388be9cea46b686217b7a9345d1cccd696c14317c3dbaf02a6362b3dcb102e0a81

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a9e2a16078\metado.exe

                Filesize

                212KB

                MD5

                61775e71ab7eea1eea28aa662ab7b637

                SHA1

                c0683c7db50b9de84325904d588b7dbc4e8110a7

                SHA256

                8c28c791c7fb3d51619c3301068008225d13b2a9b1e080ffa85d7f34cdb2b665

                SHA512

                7ed7f1c9ea4d48e8ba770023f2b4938bc8a2ac5560721c0fcc04eec1b052c9388be9cea46b686217b7a9345d1cccd696c14317c3dbaf02a6362b3dcb102e0a81

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\006700e5a2ab05\clip64.dll

                Filesize

                89KB

                MD5

                547bae937be965d63f61d89e8eafb4a1

                SHA1

                85466c95625bcbb7f68aa89a367149d35f80e1fa

                SHA256

                015d60486e75035f83ea454e87afb38d11ec39643c33b07f61a40343078ee4f5

                SHA512

                1869b1cd3dcc09fbf9f965a8f45b647390e8859e6bf476293cbfd8b1122c660eca5db2943f0b1e77d451684fdef34ae503d5f357408e1a4fe5c1237871f5d02f

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\006700e5a2ab05\clip64.dll

                Filesize

                89KB

                MD5

                547bae937be965d63f61d89e8eafb4a1

                SHA1

                85466c95625bcbb7f68aa89a367149d35f80e1fa

                SHA256

                015d60486e75035f83ea454e87afb38d11ec39643c33b07f61a40343078ee4f5

                SHA512

                1869b1cd3dcc09fbf9f965a8f45b647390e8859e6bf476293cbfd8b1122c660eca5db2943f0b1e77d451684fdef34ae503d5f357408e1a4fe5c1237871f5d02f

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\006700e5a2ab05\clip64.dll

                Filesize

                89KB

                MD5

                547bae937be965d63f61d89e8eafb4a1

                SHA1

                85466c95625bcbb7f68aa89a367149d35f80e1fa

                SHA256

                015d60486e75035f83ea454e87afb38d11ec39643c33b07f61a40343078ee4f5

                SHA512

                1869b1cd3dcc09fbf9f965a8f45b647390e8859e6bf476293cbfd8b1122c660eca5db2943f0b1e77d451684fdef34ae503d5f357408e1a4fe5c1237871f5d02f

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\006700e5a2ab05\cred64.dll

                Filesize

                162B

                MD5

                1b7c22a214949975556626d7217e9a39

                SHA1

                d01c97e2944166ed23e47e4a62ff471ab8fa031f

                SHA256

                340c8464c2007ce3f80682e15dfafa4180b641d53c14201b929906b7b0284d87

                SHA512

                ba64847cf1d4157d50abe4f4a1e5c1996fe387c5808e2f758c7fb3213bfefe1f3712d343f0c30a16819749840954654a70611d2250fd0f7b032429db7afd2cc5