Analysis Overview
SHA256
255d887e4aee44b4a811fd99c76d7df6ce442316125d236f9b3891bd56b82f8c
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 255d887e4aee44b4a811fd99c76d7df6ce442316125d236f9b3891bd56b82f8cexe_JC.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Phemedrone
Executes dropped EXE
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Checks computer location settings
Looks up external IP address via web service
Unsigned PE
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2023-10-05 16:33
Signatures
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2023-10-05 16:33
Reported
2023-10-05 16:36
Platform
win10v2004-20230915-en
Max time kernel
147s
Max time network
147s
Command Line
Signatures
Phemedrone
Checks computer location settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1574508946-349927670-1185736483-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\255d887e4aee44b4a811fd99c76d7df6ce442316125d236f9b3891bd56b82f8cexe_JC.exe | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\ProgramData\Start Menu\QIGTCXT5.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\ProgramData\Templates\2VFHFDRJ.exe | N/A |
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Looks up external IP address via web service
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | ip-api.com | N/A | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\ProgramData\Templates\2VFHFDRJ.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\ProgramData\Start Menu\QIGTCXT5.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2184 wrote to memory of 3536 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\255d887e4aee44b4a811fd99c76d7df6ce442316125d236f9b3891bd56b82f8cexe_JC.exe | C:\ProgramData\Start Menu\QIGTCXT5.exe |
| PID 2184 wrote to memory of 3536 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\255d887e4aee44b4a811fd99c76d7df6ce442316125d236f9b3891bd56b82f8cexe_JC.exe | C:\ProgramData\Start Menu\QIGTCXT5.exe |
| PID 2184 wrote to memory of 3536 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\255d887e4aee44b4a811fd99c76d7df6ce442316125d236f9b3891bd56b82f8cexe_JC.exe | C:\ProgramData\Start Menu\QIGTCXT5.exe |
| PID 2184 wrote to memory of 2852 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\255d887e4aee44b4a811fd99c76d7df6ce442316125d236f9b3891bd56b82f8cexe_JC.exe | C:\ProgramData\Templates\2VFHFDRJ.exe |
| PID 2184 wrote to memory of 2852 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\255d887e4aee44b4a811fd99c76d7df6ce442316125d236f9b3891bd56b82f8cexe_JC.exe | C:\ProgramData\Templates\2VFHFDRJ.exe |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\255d887e4aee44b4a811fd99c76d7df6ce442316125d236f9b3891bd56b82f8cexe_JC.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\255d887e4aee44b4a811fd99c76d7df6ce442316125d236f9b3891bd56b82f8cexe_JC.exe"
C:\ProgramData\Start Menu\QIGTCXT5.exe
"C:\ProgramData\Start Menu\QIGTCXT5.exe"
C:\ProgramData\Templates\2VFHFDRJ.exe
"C:\ProgramData\Templates\2VFHFDRJ.exe"
C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe
C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe
C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\EDGEHTML.dll",#141 Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_8wekyb3d8bbwe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 59.128.231.4.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 240.81.21.72.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | ip-api.com | udp |
| US | 208.95.112.1:80 | ip-api.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 1.112.95.208.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 69.31.126.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 9.228.82.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 41.110.16.96.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 26.165.165.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 18.31.95.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | rakishev.net | udp |
| US | 104.21.88.34:80 | rakishev.net | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 34.88.21.104.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 158.240.127.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 135.1.85.104.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 119.110.54.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 254.1.248.8.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 254.211.247.8.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 55.36.223.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 11.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | tse1.mm.bing.net | udp |
| US | 204.79.197.200:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 204.79.197.200:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 204.79.197.200:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 204.79.197.200:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 205.47.74.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 200.197.79.204.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 209.143.182.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/2184-0-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000FB6000-memory.dmp
memory/2184-1-0x00007FFFC3030000-0x00007FFFC3AF1000-memory.dmp
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\QIGTCXT5.exe
| MD5 | 126d1dba7efc0faed18afa036fb0468b |
| SHA1 | fe58c79cc3b5d11d9c1fbf53db1e0d726c94c491 |
| SHA256 | adb8b6cfb9633759f3a08ecb160790aaa6a733d5671991c21a5a28deafbeef26 |
| SHA512 | a3c32b7b4961c13c4fafb1b71b123bf4d0ecdfc4087912429019fb63aaf17f132ae2c58135f2ea8d64643966e99a28c89fc67c6256e9dafcb310049ab6951ad9 |
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\QIGTCXT5.exe
| MD5 | 126d1dba7efc0faed18afa036fb0468b |
| SHA1 | fe58c79cc3b5d11d9c1fbf53db1e0d726c94c491 |
| SHA256 | adb8b6cfb9633759f3a08ecb160790aaa6a733d5671991c21a5a28deafbeef26 |
| SHA512 | a3c32b7b4961c13c4fafb1b71b123bf4d0ecdfc4087912429019fb63aaf17f132ae2c58135f2ea8d64643966e99a28c89fc67c6256e9dafcb310049ab6951ad9 |
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\2VFHFDRJ.exe
| MD5 | 051c8b584ffde2a373d4a54d038bc46c |
| SHA1 | d58abcb0d3875094b51e6836036bf65ff96b8b40 |
| SHA256 | 711de934bbdb56f4335d776819d4059222f8b3376fcb4a72ac2fca0a38e45801 |
| SHA512 | 8f28ce2467b8accba63be5a4983df4c8faed25a7f79c1f04560f47009969cbf84fc2afe4e08c2903c17f895afe29e397a91ed579d012f68fe08f0b4261552063 |
C:\ProgramData\Templates\2VFHFDRJ.exe
| MD5 | 051c8b584ffde2a373d4a54d038bc46c |
| SHA1 | d58abcb0d3875094b51e6836036bf65ff96b8b40 |
| SHA256 | 711de934bbdb56f4335d776819d4059222f8b3376fcb4a72ac2fca0a38e45801 |
| SHA512 | 8f28ce2467b8accba63be5a4983df4c8faed25a7f79c1f04560f47009969cbf84fc2afe4e08c2903c17f895afe29e397a91ed579d012f68fe08f0b4261552063 |
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\2VFHFDRJ.exe
| MD5 | 051c8b584ffde2a373d4a54d038bc46c |
| SHA1 | d58abcb0d3875094b51e6836036bf65ff96b8b40 |
| SHA256 | 711de934bbdb56f4335d776819d4059222f8b3376fcb4a72ac2fca0a38e45801 |
| SHA512 | 8f28ce2467b8accba63be5a4983df4c8faed25a7f79c1f04560f47009969cbf84fc2afe4e08c2903c17f895afe29e397a91ed579d012f68fe08f0b4261552063 |
memory/2852-25-0x0000000000DB0000-0x0000000000DCC000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-26-0x00007FFFC3030000-0x00007FFFC3AF1000-memory.dmp
memory/2184-29-0x00007FFFC3030000-0x00007FFFC3AF1000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-28-0x00000000015F0000-0x0000000001600000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-30-0x000000006DF70000-0x000000006DF80000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-31-0x00007FFFC3030000-0x00007FFFC3AF1000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-32-0x00000000015F0000-0x0000000001600000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-34-0x00007FFFC3030000-0x00007FFFC3AF1000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-35-0x0000025569640000-0x0000025569650000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-51-0x0000025569740000-0x0000025569750000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-67-0x0000025571D20000-0x0000025571D21000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-68-0x0000025571D50000-0x0000025571D51000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-69-0x0000025571D50000-0x0000025571D51000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-70-0x0000025571D50000-0x0000025571D51000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-71-0x0000025571D50000-0x0000025571D51000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-72-0x0000025571D50000-0x0000025571D51000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-73-0x0000025571D50000-0x0000025571D51000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-74-0x0000025571D50000-0x0000025571D51000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-75-0x0000025571D50000-0x0000025571D51000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-76-0x0000025571D50000-0x0000025571D51000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-77-0x0000025571D50000-0x0000025571D51000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-78-0x0000025571970000-0x0000025571971000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-79-0x0000025571960000-0x0000025571961000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-81-0x0000025571970000-0x0000025571971000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-84-0x0000025571960000-0x0000025571961000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-87-0x00000255718A0000-0x00000255718A1000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-99-0x0000025571AA0000-0x0000025571AA1000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-101-0x0000025571AB0000-0x0000025571AB1000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-102-0x0000025571AB0000-0x0000025571AB1000-memory.dmp
memory/1992-103-0x0000025571BC0000-0x0000025571BC1000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2023-10-05 16:33
Reported
2023-10-05 16:36
Platform
win7-20230831-en
Max time kernel
118s
Max time network
121s
Command Line
Signatures
Phemedrone
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft Help\YWKVV75G.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable Setup_10.0.40219\6R2ZS8GU.exe | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft Help\YWKVV75G.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\255d887e4aee44b4a811fd99c76d7df6ce442316125d236f9b3891bd56b82f8cexe_JC.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\255d887e4aee44b4a811fd99c76d7df6ce442316125d236f9b3891bd56b82f8cexe_JC.exe"
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft Help\YWKVV75G.exe
"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft Help\YWKVV75G.exe"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable Setup_10.0.40219\6R2ZS8GU.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable Setup_10.0.40219\6R2ZS8GU.exe"
C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2968 -s 520
Network
Files
memory/2288-0-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000DF6000-memory.dmp
memory/2288-1-0x000007FEF5C30000-0x000007FEF661C000-memory.dmp
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft Help\YWKVV75G.exe
| MD5 | 126d1dba7efc0faed18afa036fb0468b |
| SHA1 | fe58c79cc3b5d11d9c1fbf53db1e0d726c94c491 |
| SHA256 | adb8b6cfb9633759f3a08ecb160790aaa6a733d5671991c21a5a28deafbeef26 |
| SHA512 | a3c32b7b4961c13c4fafb1b71b123bf4d0ecdfc4087912429019fb63aaf17f132ae2c58135f2ea8d64643966e99a28c89fc67c6256e9dafcb310049ab6951ad9 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable Setup_10.0.40219\6R2ZS8GU.exe
| MD5 | 051c8b584ffde2a373d4a54d038bc46c |
| SHA1 | d58abcb0d3875094b51e6836036bf65ff96b8b40 |
| SHA256 | 711de934bbdb56f4335d776819d4059222f8b3376fcb4a72ac2fca0a38e45801 |
| SHA512 | 8f28ce2467b8accba63be5a4983df4c8faed25a7f79c1f04560f47009969cbf84fc2afe4e08c2903c17f895afe29e397a91ed579d012f68fe08f0b4261552063 |
memory/2968-12-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C6C000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable Setup_10.0.40219\6R2ZS8GU.exe
| MD5 | 051c8b584ffde2a373d4a54d038bc46c |
| SHA1 | d58abcb0d3875094b51e6836036bf65ff96b8b40 |
| SHA256 | 711de934bbdb56f4335d776819d4059222f8b3376fcb4a72ac2fca0a38e45801 |
| SHA512 | 8f28ce2467b8accba63be5a4983df4c8faed25a7f79c1f04560f47009969cbf84fc2afe4e08c2903c17f895afe29e397a91ed579d012f68fe08f0b4261552063 |
memory/2968-14-0x000007FEF5C30000-0x000007FEF661C000-memory.dmp
memory/2224-13-0x000000006F4A0000-0x000000006F4B0000-memory.dmp
memory/2224-15-0x0000000077600000-0x0000000077647000-memory.dmp
memory/2288-16-0x000007FEF5C30000-0x000007FEF661C000-memory.dmp
memory/2968-17-0x000007FEF5C30000-0x000007FEF661C000-memory.dmp
memory/2224-18-0x0000000077600000-0x0000000077647000-memory.dmp