Malware Analysis Report

2024-11-13 15:43

Sample ID 231017-sw3stsch3x
Target connection.exe
SHA256 169ed579b6d3311d8b09f750359b07bad69520ad72abd8a6a6f67069d3c6d937
Tags
mercurialgrabber evasion spyware stealer
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

169ed579b6d3311d8b09f750359b07bad69520ad72abd8a6a6f67069d3c6d937

Threat Level: Known bad

The file connection.exe was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

mercurialgrabber evasion spyware stealer

Mercurialgrabber family

Mercurial Grabber Stealer

Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry

Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Checks BIOS information in registry

Maps connected drives based on registry

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Looks up external IP address via web service

Unsigned PE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Enumerates system info in registry

Checks processor information in registry

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2023-10-17 15:29

Signatures

Mercurialgrabber family

mercurialgrabber

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2023-10-17 15:29

Reported

2023-10-17 15:31

Platform

win10v2004-20230915-en

Max time kernel

63s

Max time network

79s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe"

Signatures

Mercurial Grabber Stealer

stealer mercurialgrabber

Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe N/A

Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMWare, Inc.\VMWare Tools C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe N/A

Checks BIOS information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe N/A

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

spyware stealer

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Looks up external IP address via web service

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A ip4.seeip.org N/A N/A
N/A ip-api.com N/A N/A
N/A ip4.seeip.org N/A N/A

Maps connected drives based on registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe N/A

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_VMware_&Prod_VMware_Virtual_S C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe N/A

Checks processor information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe N/A

Enumerates system info in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosInformation C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemManufacturer C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemProductName C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Logical Unit Id 0 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\connection.exe"

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 ip4.seeip.org udp
US 23.128.64.141:443 ip4.seeip.org tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 208.194.73.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 141.64.128.23.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 discord.com udp
US 162.159.128.233:443 discord.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 1.112.95.208.in-addr.arpa udp
US 162.159.128.233:443 discord.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 233.128.159.162.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 203.197.79.204.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 108.211.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 69.31.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 146.78.124.51.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 56.126.166.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 183.59.114.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 240.81.21.72.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 38.148.119.40.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/3076-0-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000170000-memory.dmp

memory/3076-1-0x00007FF9A29A0000-0x00007FF9A3461000-memory.dmp

memory/3076-2-0x0000000002310000-0x0000000002320000-memory.dmp

memory/3076-3-0x00007FF9A29A0000-0x00007FF9A3461000-memory.dmp

memory/3076-4-0x0000000002310000-0x0000000002320000-memory.dmp