6bdd6f7691ad064c15d5db443b2b1e67b2437380b3159d4a250ed66912dd14c6

Analysis

max time kernel
142s
max time network
166s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20231215-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
30-12-2023 11:02

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General

Target

16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe
Size

346KB
MD5

16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4
SHA1

51d1ebdeb893d9fd9f61679628071a0a16e7b372
SHA256

6bdd6f7691ad064c15d5db443b2b1e67b2437380b3159d4a250ed66912dd14c6
SHA512

97074e04efe87fdc563875cb5234b72f07f68cb21476c1bdf551b4d39223d342ab70051ee5c93524e85dee15153692e03cb40adcd8351aab38db1975472d910f
SSDEEP

6144:ye34EvlhNC7JuyKAs8LG9R3HNe76JvML/9c7Cr7Ob+Fdg:5+YyXSvi2v2ICvOb+Fdg

Score

7^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 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-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	cscript.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3992	installstat.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3880	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe
3880	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe
3880	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe
3992	installstat.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\EditPlus\kk44.icw	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 34 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "89181877"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31079439"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "89181877"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000005f2859d464fb564ea9e97dd009a434cc000000000200000000001066000000010000200000006afcba2470da3d874f95a11f8978764feb256b459a743db6e5ea0c9743495a75000000000e8000000002000020000000dece446a879a18dcd3fdbf9a0915bdd2f4ed1a763e7c2daf8288b8d214860fdf200000002394c11f7d2700ddc72a0f8402a3a268494ece3398438e261599464e522857c740000000452617a0973adba86197d26639ccb5571f9608cf0a2a40a13d740f513e9b5c59db5b74c948566ab87f3fbf1ed034413d78c87d0670fedff411cb4ed7cdf828b1	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{30215B3B-A802-11EE-BCD9-72AE6231743A} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31079439"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "410808759"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = c09a87050f3cda01	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 60a90d080f3cda01	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000005f2859d464fb564ea9e97dd009a434cc00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000c7db829dd9539eda936cfd2c2498b58c42fe0041d19bdc26a5028237eca179cc000000000e80000000020000200000005c29f95a30dd206ce5f0ab8f5c02fc0f275ce694808a79dde8e97103868d9793200000008a4deb5cca14cba621bf6e51c05e6403aab524a941a4d4967593d24698926be040000000d32a57dcee1a9cfa53576794f42c2566a55f5837be540023d4e40a27a7df0cf65a13b8623fe0a382def4bda237e34a275cd03fac774350b73e6d23502fd4161f	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000\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

Modifies registry class 11 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\icwfile\ScriptEngine\ = "VBScript"	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\icwfile\Shell	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.icw	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\icwfile	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\icwfile\Shell\Open	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\icwfile\Shell\Open\ = "´ò¿ª(&O)"	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\icwfile\Shell\Open\Command	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\icwfile\Shell\Open\Command\ = "%SystemRoot%\\SysWow64\\WScript.exe \"%1\" %*"	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-996941297-2279405024-2328152752-1000_Classes\Local Settings	cscript.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.icw\ = "icwfile"	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\icwfile\ScriptEngine	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2288	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2288	iexplore.exe
2288	iexplore.exe
4520	IEXPLORE.EXE
4520	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3880 wrote to memory of 4476	3880	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe	92
PID 3880 wrote to memory of 4476	3880	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe	92
PID 3880 wrote to memory of 4476	3880	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe	92
PID 4476 wrote to memory of 5012	4476	cscript.exe	93
PID 4476 wrote to memory of 5012	4476	cscript.exe	93
PID 4476 wrote to memory of 5012	4476	cscript.exe	93
PID 3880 wrote to memory of 3992	3880	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe	96
PID 3880 wrote to memory of 3992	3880	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe	96
PID 3880 wrote to memory of 3992	3880	16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe	96
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 4520	2288	iexplore.exe	97
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 4520	2288	iexplore.exe	97
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 4520	2288	iexplore.exe	97

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16ab53ad56e72a944d4c256b5496eac4.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3880
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\cscript.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\EditPlus\kk44.icw"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4476
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
    "C:\Windows\SysWow64\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\kk44.icw"
    3⤵
    PID:5012
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\installstat.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\installstat.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  PID:3992

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe" -CLSID:{0002DF01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} -Embedding
1⤵
PID:4084

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -Embedding
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2288
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2288 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4520

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Program Files (x86)\EditPlus\kk44.icw

Filesize
132B

MD5
f84d08be882a79dd0e7e855ba313b45b

SHA1
e84191912fb1ed7d757e2396ec6e630f98d793eb

SHA256
cd246450726bdce9589d273991525a42f3f0c21130eb0948482f03f4b5c79b3d

SHA512
1b0c2b6478cfadac8fb1c18d00ba56a93c17b70f5a20e8868f240e57642c2305e8c8839b2ab099df39e6ed63a0fc593098c1a50531903c2a2693d299ed2e37ed

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\8PO8IKDM\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nscCAD3.tmp\System.dll

Filesize
11KB

MD5
c17103ae9072a06da581dec998343fc1

SHA1
b72148c6bdfaada8b8c3f950e610ee7cf1da1f8d

SHA256
dc58d8ad81cacb0c1ed72e33bff8f23ea40b5252b5bb55d393a0903e6819ae2f

SHA512
d32a71aaef18e993f28096d536e41c4d016850721b31171513ce28bbd805a54fd290b7c3e9d935f72e676a1acfb4f0dcc89d95040a0dd29f2b6975855c18986f

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nscCAD3.tmp\nsExec.dll

Filesize
6KB

MD5
acc2b699edfea5bf5aae45aba3a41e96

SHA1
d2accf4d494e43ceb2cff69abe4dd17147d29cc2

SHA256
168a974eaa3f588d759db3f47c1a9fdc3494ba1fa1a73a84e5e3b2a4d58abd7e

SHA512
e29ea10ada98c71a18273b04f44f385b120d4e8473e441ce5748cfa44a23648814f2656f429b85440157988c88de776c6ac008dc38bf09cbb746c230a46c69fe

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\installstat.exe

Filesize
44KB

MD5
7c30927884213f4fe91bbe90b591b762

SHA1
65693828963f6b6a5cbea4c9e595e06f85490f6f

SHA256
9032757cabb19a10e97e158810f885a015f3dcd5ba3da44c795d999ea90f8994

SHA512
8aadb5fd3750ab0c036c7b8d2c775e42688265b00fe75b43a6addaefc7ee20d9fa3f074dd7943570c8519943011eda08216e90551b6d6a782b9ed5ce20aa6bab

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\kk44.icw

Filesize
798B

MD5
ebcf26c9a69fc45c2d7d55b73fc84475

SHA1
9caa458cd50c24ebafdbf415aea982900ab2b982

SHA256
83b62b8946f844fa5ba6d6b438445f50b57ccfbb57d61492bfc425dd032e1931

SHA512
a519df14cf4867c8d757a27e2e614092ea3f4c6561257f9e68f5a2f5f6689ac0474d89c7f19f9c15bb9a1cc8fdabf8924c316c9a9e6c326a1341ed62f0b9e436

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\statistics.dll

Filesize
80KB

MD5
d4260df3a533c9915bd3ccedc5c6ec51

SHA1
7993e157b2155771989a5b07f7c2db82ea47276f

SHA256
5f06d4f8e5a9b2bd838ead1ea7f53ae1245a448321bb788e9b3950907275231a

SHA512
1f766350fd31e73378593f7b0a938336569eb36ba69618ee74f3da5999f9de1949899dd7ba67034b01c65ac4946911d0d5f187678356d47f3441066cf7b8832b

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