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Analysis

max time kernel
135s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20231023-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231023-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
07/11/2023, 08:42

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General

Target

Microsoft-Activation-Scripts-2.2/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts-2.2/MAS/Separate-Files-Version/_ReadMe.html
Size

84B
MD5

574e18c1f9b32a47f988ac91588901ba
SHA1

4c0827e3deeb84cf442e0356dfc1883bcb131fbb
SHA256

8932bacd828c0716b136af6aa15011aed0015e7838006f2cff7a64954a5696b0
SHA512

4c480c530af4218e5ac276228a372fcd799912eb183685f805b6c47b5d6971be42a4dca2baa016425dc2499367624cb70de12d280ddcb7b613001460dbf820f8

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 39 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31068502"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31068502"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = c0f039595611da01	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000abe4f06573e2f04c9485dceedf57e482000000000200000000001066000000010000200000005bb8fb076cf33cba1b1da3c2d570b9cd0db1c510387d30b1a447947c9eb34bee000000000e8000000002000020000000fe323691cedcf212ff31eb327d7d5a9736b7a7105690e4d1bf3357711d133f2220000000be3bd487a1e685e7862b42a1eb9841a95dfb31e17bc0213ff2d9021f8ae60ab740000000bda2b1c626b00bbff01aea580e0bd987f5a6940974707e8d4bf6208dbf5e259430bd1c4c1d1952a183ff0c1e5fe19ed5e2f19281c99bfb7473c5a8effd986887	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1765000424"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31068502"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{926FDEE4-7D49-11EE-BEE0-5A9689CB4403} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1741718617"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "406111522"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU\AdapterInfo = "vendorId=\"0x10de\",deviceID=\"0x8c\",subSysID=\"0x0\",revision=\"0x0\",version=\"10.0.19041.546\"hypervisor=\"No Hypervisor (No SLAT)\""	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "1741718617"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-984744499-3605095035-265325720-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1816	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1816	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1816	iexplore.exe
1816	iexplore.exe
3732	IEXPLORE.EXE
3732	IEXPLORE.EXE
3732	IEXPLORE.EXE
3732	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1816 wrote to memory of 3732	1816	iexplore.exe	87
PID 1816 wrote to memory of 3732	1816	iexplore.exe	87
PID 1816 wrote to memory of 3732	1816	iexplore.exe	87

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Microsoft-Activation-Scripts-2.2\Microsoft-Activation-Scripts-2.2\MAS\Separate-Files-Version\_ReadMe.html
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1816
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1816 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:3732

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\q9vdy3g\imagestore.dat

Filesize
4KB

MD5
de46c34e1966f5280846a551271d56f0

SHA1
48505ac6646cca5ad97b6ed88e9fc9414d9407ed

SHA256
fddbd7e7264ea74d33670bc09e273b2a41aef4d4d95b5db033780ace7e7509d1

SHA512
23a9cc4aa759fb53514835c851d669acf134cf92b8086b25c4dfc53da0de405bb86f00818579b9e12523d0279e1b2feda16dede094130b78f403eb634d2360de

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\GHMDQFFV\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\X8T7NIZL\favicon[1].ico

Filesize
4KB

MD5
684a514fc5581d0363f9bcdaf22b4980

SHA1
17eba3a0d3d11b10fd8c7ef6d82f5e2c60c172c5

SHA256
baf86ac3babc890e67683a3e91ba0c5271e6e48e1d5e6d5d126647b1c16e4413

SHA512
489755553bf2886111f6f34af011aab44a8bdc1cec6726026dcce511c369d09ef73b5622b75038d8d54dffaa195e57cf643bbfd2c557a8926bc92621fe842ed5

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\X8T7NIZL\favicon[1].ico

Filesize
4KB

MD5
684a514fc5581d0363f9bcdaf22b4980

SHA1
17eba3a0d3d11b10fd8c7ef6d82f5e2c60c172c5

SHA256
baf86ac3babc890e67683a3e91ba0c5271e6e48e1d5e6d5d126647b1c16e4413

SHA512
489755553bf2886111f6f34af011aab44a8bdc1cec6726026dcce511c369d09ef73b5622b75038d8d54dffaa195e57cf643bbfd2c557a8926bc92621fe842ed5

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