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Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	svchost.exe

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe = "0"	svchost.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350690463-3549324357-1323838019-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350690463-3549324357-1323838019-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4012	svchost.exe

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe = "0"	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths	svchost.exe

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350690463-3549324357-1323838019-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook	calc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350690463-3549324357-1323838019-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook	calc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350690463-3549324357-1323838019-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook	calc.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350690463-3549324357-1323838019-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\svchost = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\svchost.exe\""	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4012 set thread context of 2276	4012	svchost.exe	96

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

pid	Process
4308	schtasks.exe

Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs

evasion

pid	Process
4276	timeout.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 25 IoCs

pid	Process
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
4436	powershell.exe
4436	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4012	svchost.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4436	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2276	calc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 27 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3036 wrote to memory of 5040	3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe	87
PID 3036 wrote to memory of 5040	3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe	87
PID 3036 wrote to memory of 5040	3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe	87
PID 3036 wrote to memory of 5048	3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe	89
PID 3036 wrote to memory of 5048	3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe	89
PID 3036 wrote to memory of 5048	3036	b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe	89
PID 5048 wrote to memory of 4276	5048	cmd.exe	92
PID 5048 wrote to memory of 4276	5048	cmd.exe	92
PID 5048 wrote to memory of 4276	5048	cmd.exe	92
PID 5040 wrote to memory of 4308	5040	cmd.exe	91
PID 5040 wrote to memory of 4308	5040	cmd.exe	91
PID 5040 wrote to memory of 4308	5040	cmd.exe	91
PID 5048 wrote to memory of 4012	5048	cmd.exe	93
PID 5048 wrote to memory of 4012	5048	cmd.exe	93
PID 5048 wrote to memory of 4012	5048	cmd.exe	93
PID 4012 wrote to memory of 4436	4012	svchost.exe	94
PID 4012 wrote to memory of 4436	4012	svchost.exe	94
PID 4012 wrote to memory of 4436	4012	svchost.exe	94
PID 4012 wrote to memory of 2276	4012	svchost.exe	96
PID 4012 wrote to memory of 2276	4012	svchost.exe	96
PID 4012 wrote to memory of 2276	4012	svchost.exe	96
PID 4012 wrote to memory of 2276	4012	svchost.exe	96
PID 4012 wrote to memory of 2276	4012	svchost.exe	96
PID 4012 wrote to memory of 2276	4012	svchost.exe	96
PID 4012 wrote to memory of 2276	4012	svchost.exe	96
PID 4012 wrote to memory of 2276	4012	svchost.exe	96
PID 4012 wrote to memory of 2276	4012	svchost.exe	96

System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	svchost.exe

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350690463-3549324357-1323838019-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook	calc.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350690463-3549324357-1323838019-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook	calc.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b2e09b439d7b6af1c30f4d626d29ad458476bb12739164f2650752445ce0e210.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3036
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "svchost" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe"' & exit
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5040
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "svchost" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe"'
    3⤵
    - Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4308
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC9C8.tmp.bat""
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5048
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
    timeout 3
    3⤵
    - Delays execution with timeout.exe
    PID:4276
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe"
    3⤵
    - UAC bypass
    - Windows security bypass
    - Checks computer location settings
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Windows security modification
    - Checks whether UAC is enabled
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    - System policy modification
    PID:4012
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe" -Force
      4⤵
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4436
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\calc.exe
      "C:\Windows\SYSWOW64\calc.exe"
      4⤵
      Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      outlook_office_path
      outlook_win_path
      PID:2276

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

Privilege Escalation

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

Defense Evasion

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry