Analysis

  • max time kernel
    156s
  • max time network
    163s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20230915-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230915-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    13-10-2023 21:39

General

  • Target

    d4cb20dba15d88c38c35be69fe04538b4f9bb0a12edb51ff23c0171b584edf08.exe

  • Size

    602KB

  • MD5

    42553b52c33d2b5f8a747819d0bf97d5

  • SHA1

    ae1bc8822e41c65caedc07dd98b0d9156e2a28cd

  • SHA256

    d4cb20dba15d88c38c35be69fe04538b4f9bb0a12edb51ff23c0171b584edf08

  • SHA512

    5ed02973a1a88dc4835a933e84d422ecad64dd33645d4621ecd396a8786269c7616b5e68a6744912c5f3bc831a1b897b89306b773577c90dfbf766e1186ffe4c

  • SSDEEP

    12288:k1gLpE124JdB+jegjTfWU3qU8FyFTdeQUSonYLVqY2Vi:HaM4JaSMoF4deLgVKQ

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Phobos

    Phobos ransomware appeared at the beginning of 2019.

  • Deletes shadow copies 2 TTPs

    Ransomware often targets backup files to inhibit system recovery.

  • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Renames multiple (274) files with added filename extension

    This suggests ransomware activity of encrypting all the files on the system.

  • Deletes backup catalog 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses wbadmin.exe to inhibit system recovery.

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 4 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Interacts with shadow copies 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Shadow copies are often targeted by ransomware to inhibit system recovery.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 51 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 41 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d4cb20dba15d88c38c35be69fe04538b4f9bb0a12edb51ff23c0171b584edf08.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d4cb20dba15d88c38c35be69fe04538b4f9bb0a12edb51ff23c0171b584edf08.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4432
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d4cb20dba15d88c38c35be69fe04538b4f9bb0a12edb51ff23c0171b584edf08.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d4cb20dba15d88c38c35be69fe04538b4f9bb0a12edb51ff23c0171b584edf08.exe
      2⤵
      • Drops startup file
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5004
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d4cb20dba15d88c38c35be69fe04538b4f9bb0a12edb51ff23c0171b584edf08.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d4cb20dba15d88c38c35be69fe04538b4f9bb0a12edb51ff23c0171b584edf08.exe"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1784
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d4cb20dba15d88c38c35be69fe04538b4f9bb0a12edb51ff23c0171b584edf08.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d4cb20dba15d88c38c35be69fe04538b4f9bb0a12edb51ff23c0171b584edf08.exe
          4⤵
            PID:1408
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d4cb20dba15d88c38c35be69fe04538b4f9bb0a12edb51ff23c0171b584edf08.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d4cb20dba15d88c38c35be69fe04538b4f9bb0a12edb51ff23c0171b584edf08.exe
            4⤵
              PID:2016
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
            3⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4752
            • C:\Windows\system32\vssadmin.exe
              vssadmin delete shadows /all /quiet
              4⤵
              • Interacts with shadow copies
              PID:3468
            • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
              wmic shadowcopy delete
              4⤵
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:2644
            • C:\Windows\system32\bcdedit.exe
              bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures
              4⤵
              • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
              PID:1900
            • C:\Windows\system32\bcdedit.exe
              bcdedit /set {default} recoveryenabled no
              4⤵
              • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
              PID:1136
            • C:\Windows\system32\wbadmin.exe
              wbadmin delete catalog -quiet
              4⤵
              • Deletes backup catalog
              PID:3024
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"
            3⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4512
            • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
              netsh advfirewall set currentprofile state off
              4⤵
              • Modifies Windows Firewall
              PID:2184
            • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
              netsh firewall set opmode mode=disable
              4⤵
              • Modifies Windows Firewall
              PID:4520
      • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1760
      • C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe"
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:308
      • C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe -Embedding
        1⤵
          PID:968
        • C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
          1⤵
          • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
          PID:1112

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        • C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppvIsvSubsystems32.dll.id[6E7F3438-3483].[[email protected]].8base

          Filesize

          2.7MB

          MD5

          a61313c7905573ff8cbe7bdd51657c91

          SHA1

          6a30103af3f1af34cca9e4aaef1ee969eab17727

          SHA256

          f2bc8d05201abd78acf05e6a3a9d234f4d71266d08c1514413700d73cd8b8fc8

          SHA512

          3ed7f0b88595d6c123279d005ebfe927e54050a63f02d4f131ecec5367220a0b99f45c5ba31d11f0e6c871941521998dc33031803ad291156cf64debf9d66335

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\d4cb20dba15d88c38c35be69fe04538b4f9bb0a12edb51ff23c0171b584edf08.exe.log

          Filesize

          927B

          MD5

          ff27e87d4bf1330435001e57e8244d60

          SHA1

          b22264ed3cd4d35f8236278edd2512c3b7ecb355

          SHA256

          7e9adf70ba438f8a38feac34e1b25bb4261fa506d00361ea7e5cde784651474e

          SHA512

          d678aa2b42032ea0d811f9783abff7c94a6d674bd3dee74df706b7f95da7e51d84207320ea36226da4f8651e6ec618ea12d99d2d6d371bd1e98395518b8956e0

        • memory/1784-16-0x0000000004910000-0x0000000004920000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/1784-15-0x0000000074840000-0x0000000074FF0000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          7.7MB

        • memory/1784-21-0x0000000074840000-0x0000000074FF0000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          7.7MB

        • memory/2016-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/4432-6-0x00000000054E0000-0x0000000005514000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          208KB

        • memory/4432-7-0x0000000005520000-0x000000000556C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          304KB

        • memory/4432-5-0x0000000005430000-0x0000000005476000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          280KB

        • memory/4432-12-0x00000000747A0000-0x0000000074F50000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          7.7MB

        • memory/4432-0-0x00000000747A0000-0x0000000074F50000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          7.7MB

        • memory/4432-4-0x0000000005370000-0x00000000053BC000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          304KB

        • memory/4432-3-0x00000000054D0000-0x00000000054E0000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/4432-2-0x0000000005A90000-0x0000000006034000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.6MB

        • memory/4432-1-0x0000000000970000-0x0000000000A0C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          624KB

        • memory/5004-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-163-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-62-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-116-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-184-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-114-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-54-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-192-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-200-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-203-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-316-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-676-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-836-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-1791-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB

        • memory/5004-1815-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000413000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          76KB