hxxp://johnbute[.]com

Analysis

max time kernel
135s
max time network
153s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230220-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
15/06/2023, 16:28

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General

Target

http://johnbute.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 47 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\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\johnbute.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000001b84cf80dfa5b04d9786c6a743f639fc00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000b56be5c78a174d831254bd5ee236327db789b08a582932f63cdfa8f57b5eb445000000000e8000000002000020000000ead0b2b408102ded32764ade095ea14ea37d1c09cb5719e97645f83c7534ddf2200000000b263b8668e67e23b75a72dcef2eae94d0eca2be2cd6856fa7216e8e8510c4b34000000060eddff60e22004c400d0845bdb4c2c9b6c6cb21d843a5988a5dee2364e310dc70510e8437d994edc83070bc62dad44eb440181f959199ba62ddac9610dd6a41	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\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	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\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31039398"	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\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	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\FullScreen = "no"	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 (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = e0b44d97a69fd901	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\DOMStorage\johnbute.com\NumberOfSubdomains = "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\DOMStorage\Total\ = "912"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\johnbute.com\Total = "912"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31039398"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = a0a06097a69fd901	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\DomainSuggestion	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
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\DOMStorage\johnbute.com	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\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "2347474072"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31039398"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2347474072"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000001b84cf80dfa5b04d9786c6a743f639fc000000000200000000001066000000010000200000007bdb10b262c55537eeb012db98e278a7fe34ba7c34ec76e42fdb53586851f27b000000000e80000000020000200000007b58d85792bfc5b0715e98ff11755420b64af46f9ba612ce2a01c9343abee8b4200000000ac2965d1a1d2085f52b2c0f4797888a36e26fa538614bb33a76cb0e517f4a2740000000979292e1dec63f4f3f4806bb292c42ea925bedc36a6983320e369a5785940c57b6884c00f6fba7373e0ae7e555c1b63c0abd1c9f7efa0959540a4e0a5f233fde	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\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "393611508"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{B74AC435-0B99-11EE-9156-7E7B9EA57A36} = "0"	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\DOMStorage	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	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\DOMStorage\johnbute.com\ = "912"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2358410941"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2548970870-3691742953-3895070203-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4556	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4556	iexplore.exe
4556	iexplore.exe
4448	IEXPLORE.EXE
4448	IEXPLORE.EXE
4448	IEXPLORE.EXE
4448	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 4448	4556	iexplore.exe	83
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 4448	4556	iexplore.exe	83
PID 4556 wrote to memory of 4448	4556	iexplore.exe	83

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://johnbute.com
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4556
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4556 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4448

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
82b6e24e9d7fe90d647b5b81389401b3

SHA1
51f3af35027bc77cf6912e6dd3d6cc3289c19c55

SHA256
3483fda8fbc0fa1d77780c1c46e372c3bc834a45b19d149d0dbc8c2fba26322d

SHA512
3454b31c7111bdc0cf6ec133ef1dd6755abf0b006f77341b904fbb8ad25a81b548accc510f1590c2a3955f5bf86f8b023404e1acb9d2b028bb29067848936f7d

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

Filesize
404B

MD5
3b6c6b01dac6dce91936e4703c5a0ceb

SHA1
46b8e7a7bd922d0510a69e990a93918a3788cc4e

SHA256
fcf62beed9f296946db11ccda0d715277fd60861c55cde1c0d1f15a56ec56cea

SHA512
f549b7db80bab3a05bb999144121c3f06a215784301c0d006a93e5afa668680fbcef18a7f55bbde78129955f70ee6baeb692938c00c3b9a26fdb6d46b333da1d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\7H82VOZS\px[1].js

Filesize
476B

MD5
d2183968f9080b37babfeba3ccf10df2

SHA1
24b9cf589ee6789e567fac3ae5acfc25826d00c6

SHA256
4d9b83714539f82372e1e0177924bcb5180b75148e22d6725468fd2fb6f96bcc

SHA512
0e16d127a199a4238138eb99a461adf2665cee4f803d63874b4bcef52301d0ecd1d2eb71af3f77187916fe04c5f9b152c51171131c2380f31ca267a0a46d2a42

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\JXO1ZP0L\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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