Analysis Overview
SHA256
169ed579b6d3311d8b09f750359b07bad69520ad72abd8a6a6f67069d3c6d937
Threat Level: Known bad
The file connection.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
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
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2023-10-17 15:29
Signatures
Mercurialgrabber family
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
Signatures
Mercurial Grabber Stealer
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
| 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
| 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
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