3dffc3409d7f738c3e9b67e7851f4056c81777890d4301465c41419c6a165dd5

General

Target

178e9243a11ff1b5a6be637504df269a.exe
Size

175KB
MD5

178e9243a11ff1b5a6be637504df269a
SHA1

4f368be4a55da4a522b12d9e443b828d3cdf6796
SHA256

3dffc3409d7f738c3e9b67e7851f4056c81777890d4301465c41419c6a165dd5
SHA512

baa07e333e2ec17385f80f5cfc9721e0355958e6243e13b0ec05304dfbc51e3747bcd4c69df6d6eb98729a38647f9d00d5845e24f8955578d7cca8632f4cdec8
SSDEEP

3072:4nOn7t7XpdpCCTg/sxFgJDSwCAM6oijUZpTC7zT0x+gv8CpwJOE0V2DkHJioRL:4KpdcCrTq0MoigUE++pwOE/uJRL

Score

7^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2396	northstar.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4944	178e9243a11ff1b5a6be637504df269a.exe
4944	178e9243a11ff1b5a6be637504df269a.exe

Drops desktop.ini file(s) 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\assembly\Desktop.ini	northstar.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\assembly\Desktop.ini	northstar.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\assembly	northstar.exe
File created	C:\Windows\assembly\Desktop.ini	northstar.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\assembly\Desktop.ini	northstar.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Install Root Certificate

T1553.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\4EB6D578499B1CCF5F581EAD56BE3D9B6744A5E5	northstar.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\4EB6D578499B1CCF5F581EAD56BE3D9B6744A5E5\Blob = 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	northstar.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\4EB6D578499B1CCF5F581EAD56BE3D9B6744A5E5\Blob = 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	northstar.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2396	northstar.exe
2396	northstar.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4944 wrote to memory of 2396	4944	178e9243a11ff1b5a6be637504df269a.exe	88
PID 4944 wrote to memory of 2396	4944	178e9243a11ff1b5a6be637504df269a.exe	88
PID 4944 wrote to memory of 2396	4944	178e9243a11ff1b5a6be637504df269a.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\178e9243a11ff1b5a6be637504df269a.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\178e9243a11ff1b5a6be637504df269a.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4944
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nshA615.tmp\northstar.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nshA615.tmp\northstar.exe /u4d4881ec-1a64-40da-b78d-79555bc06ebe /e8034 /dT201301201931
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops desktop.ini file(s)
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - Modifies system certificate store
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2396

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Subvert Trust Controls

1

T1553

Install Root Certificate

1

T1553.004

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nshA615.tmp\System.dll

Filesize
21KB

MD5
5ebc73650256e9c8ddbcda231db829a1

SHA1
988d4535e18754ab2a6248abae96c5697d7dbcd5

SHA256
1eaa543842df7795404184e8892a1654b0773dbc9bd8b54c7fdb9e68f4355493

SHA512
b21266e76fc7263af982a1336a766e47ccf348ed56b305dbb09f03574c9b2a7309f12200e80d86f9a251381be6e87a41206447f11c51899cb31fba10da1d5270

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nshA615.tmp\northstar.exe

Filesize
283KB

MD5
8b2fef7c07a72c1afc4d7a93225410ca

SHA1
9ebe2b60e99d9c483aab048fa2fc1eccbbcb9f4e

SHA256
4ccfd78eb56c84a894cfcd527591bac5cd6f16a73ff8a45703a859bced632f9d

SHA512
ba166c06c21176f71df3ba7d94b0eb36e3ba123ddd3f4f2588d3e5997adf832e7bd0576bf984207a1fa597940de58c463f1ffc394fcc893b7b88c290e4ce8c01

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memory/2396-33-0x0000000074B50000-0x0000000075101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2396-36-0x0000000001480000-0x0000000001490000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2396-14-0x0000000074B50000-0x0000000075101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2396-42-0x0000000074B50000-0x0000000075101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2396-38-0x0000000001480000-0x0000000001490000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2396-32-0x0000000074B50000-0x0000000075101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2396-13-0x0000000074B50000-0x0000000075101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2396-35-0x0000000001480000-0x0000000001490000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2396-34-0x0000000001480000-0x0000000001490000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2396-37-0x0000000001480000-0x0000000001490000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2396-15-0x0000000001480000-0x0000000001490000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4944-19-0x000000006E3C0000-0x000000006E3CD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
52KB

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memory/4944-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/4944-46-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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