Analysis
- max time kernel
63s - max time network
79s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20230915-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230915-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system - submitted
17/10/2023, 15:29
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
connection.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20230915-en
General
- Target connection.exe
- Size 41KB
- Sample231017-sw3stsch3x
- SHA256 169ed579b6d3311d8b09f750359b07bad69520ad72abd8a6a6f67069d3c6d937
- MD5 028bf43765fd5740df6ee1cbc5f7d32a
- SHA1 234d038291208ef32ec35cb97433e2aefcab55f5
- SHA512 b7c0bfea011766597b99e59304de91099f5c8e91adbb46a3cf6a1cfddd6f14725e964b474c89dda18f7f6c3c44914533749f0ae8824be0e593883ca52ca1a98e
- SSDEEP 768:oscaIiIJVEaxAiI/ywmuZDeFWTjSKZKfgm3EhAG:vc1jVE/9eFWTGF7EWG
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Malware Config
Extracted
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mercurialgrabber
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https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1163860957546676244/Tr0vbiHfaBLONi1q8rhwgNDPXrsDZTRmEMTJEkXwdGd3Rj27hN8kShu7EFuvkxKMo7Mb
Signatures
- Mercurial Grabber Stealer
Mercurial Grabber is an open source stealer targeting Chrome, Discord and some game clients as well as generic system information.
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions connection.exe - Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMWare, Inc.\VMWare Tools connection.exe - Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion connection.exe - Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs
- Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
flow ioc 2 ip4.seeip.org 10 ip-api.com 1 ip4.seeip.org - Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs
Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum connection.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0 connection.exe - Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_VMware_&Prod_VMware_Virtual_S connection.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 connection.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString connection.exe - Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosInformation connection.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemManufacturer connection.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemProductName connection.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Logical Unit Id 0 connection.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3076 connection.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe"1⤵
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3076