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

Analysis

max time kernel
91s
max time network
144s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230703-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230703-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
05/07/2023, 09:23

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General

Target

http://www.cymolds.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-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31043362"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "2066473919"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2066630423"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31043362"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000052a69338ef97e94eb4d938c2816c6e0d000000000200000000001066000000010000200000006d43b723f45fa2ea089237ed289e90d1363c23c74c86d898ec1e1cd7a667dd92000000000e8000000002000020000000b1522e073f84c75c9476a5ec49c49a8d8322ebfef65f046e072789baa9667c2f20000000350463d80b450ff89eef8aadd2826f886b4c128035fb59931ca7d952a636bb6740000000c45982da2932ec1a069e187448867a27ccde230caacfbfce0b2bfc0f0311a0902c0acb57986acf14de5e80835bd1e28369d052e260841c5d6591f2b4ff73d836	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "395314005"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{A695DEEA-1B15-11EE-A95E-4E773A6B0D09} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000052a69338ef97e94eb4d938c2816c6e0d000000000200000000001066000000010000200000009c8763d25dbbaef3411fe93725431360387e9b5bc8c8b1de8549e24c41e3554b000000000e80000000020000200000001bbd1c908d5f2c6ba6bd1d3fd09da823784cf4a3b1fb37ac3dabb8454762a11d200000000459b55158722ac7e2cf83f317537a1f81638be022ca8f6e8ec1e629e96e2b3d40000000c3b3c0264452d612ef9aba3aaa412687597b4e3404694d785f1452b43c3c0a65fd307475ca9c609cc1dd288bef49719cfc2d589a0a0a97504d1827b239b68442	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 60d7ce8322afd901	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 20a5e68322afd901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31043362"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2081336185"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1722984668-1829624581-3022101259-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1476	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1476	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1476	iexplore.exe
1476	iexplore.exe
5016	IEXPLORE.EXE
5016	IEXPLORE.EXE
5016	IEXPLORE.EXE
5016	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1476 wrote to memory of 5016	1476	iexplore.exe	80
PID 1476 wrote to memory of 5016	1476	iexplore.exe	80
PID 1476 wrote to memory of 5016	1476	iexplore.exe	80

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.cymolds.com
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1476
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1476 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:5016

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\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\5amy22j\imagestore.dat

Filesize
880B

MD5
058f1de126f8bf4d08688c732ce215f0

SHA1
a133807e061b604ddb92d21ce05a42904202bf11

SHA256
83996e39098de682c3d7bf853097ed863d5a2775020bc8c5253171634056521f

SHA512
3959d03a01851f2cefb280722282d551f351cb83d9007b4f0ec4777f509ce11eb26612ef8a5d3b90931a11876d0a025bee691d253b1f6c21383aed3f7b1123f7

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\1Y0EG8YX\favicon[1].ico

Filesize
766B

MD5
338abbb5ea8d80b9869555eca253d49d

SHA1
63e4879d10467b4bc481a208c3a64649242a1420

SHA256
36a6f4ba02692dd0d4f25aa288e598a8f36d5e1a18513f0bdbbc0ada9f5b729d

SHA512
0e27f25c1bb8e019f8b0f10d2849d8b51136fcaa6e0d5fef7dda3acd05900318df96818f96bae109cd31cf191850063438db5904a654cc2e86cebccccf579f6c

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\PQKW7621\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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