Analysis
- max time kernel
140s - max time network
135s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20231215-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system - submitted
03/01/2024, 09:45
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
ef06ab5cd57598acc6b4222249dbe5b4.exe
Resource
win7-20231215-en
General
- Target ef06ab5cd57598acc6b4222249dbe5b4.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- Sample240103-lrd6caceej
- SHA256 3675ddb9d16e43fd54dd441f57a0aa0c20ae7b6a85b81f2b867c753c3503934f
- MD5 ef06ab5cd57598acc6b4222249dbe5b4
- SHA1 97e4d2abceaa96a2a671a86749c61bc0a6a4aefb
- SHA512 ffa705ba0f0850bf1dfe76ec4a664ba3fdad6c3533c0cf15eb33f80ca7e74812a905f0a96d28bcf8785eebd0a69874c28bf12bc86b4b42904230fa4c62d1f6e1
- SSDEEP 24576:Eg5N+6z3egEPDrLEF4ejyClVmoFdej0ry2tdAWem7e1FB7yYHIwAQyTlCFuxUhqR:Eg/+6zOgELMF4eVpFEiy2trqr75oHHl7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Malware Config
Extracted
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nullmixer
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http://marisana.xyz/
Extracted
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smokeloader
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pub6
Extracted
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smokeloader
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2020
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http://conceitosseg.com/upload/
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http://integrasidata.com/upload/
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http://ozentekstil.com/upload/
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http://finbelportal.com/upload/
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http://telanganadigital.com/upload/
Signatures
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description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableBehaviorMonitoring = "1" karotima_1.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableOnAccessProtection = "1" karotima_1.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable = "1" karotima_1.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableRealtimeMonitoring = "1" karotima_1.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableIOAVProtection = "1" karotima_1.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableRawWriteNotification = "1" karotima_1.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection karotima_1.exe - SmokeLoader
Modular backdoor trojan in use since 2014.
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resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000600000002321d-33.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation ef06ab5cd57598acc6b4222249dbe5b4.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation setup_installer.exe - Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 3328 setup_installer.exe 3796 setup_install.exe 1272 karotima_2.exe 3600 karotima_1.exe - Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs
pid Process 3796 setup_install.exe 3796 setup_install.exe 3796 setup_install.exe 3796 setup_install.exe 3796 setup_install.exe 3796 setup_install.exe 1272 karotima_2.exe - Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
flow ioc 10 ipinfo.io 12 ipinfo.io - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Program crash 2 IoCs
pid pid_target Process procid_target 3644 1272 WerFault.exe 32 3668 3796 WerFault.exe 34 - Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs
SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI karotima_2.exe Key queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI karotima_2.exe Key enumerated \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI karotima_2.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 1272 karotima_2.exe 1272 karotima_2.exe 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found 3340 Process not Found - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
pid Process 1272 karotima_2.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3340 Process not Found Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3340 Process not Found Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3340 Process not Found Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3340 Process not Found - Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage 1 IoCs
pid Process 3340 Process not Found - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2352 wrote to memory of 3328 2352 ef06ab5cd57598acc6b4222249dbe5b4.exe 26 PID 2352 wrote to memory of 3328 2352 ef06ab5cd57598acc6b4222249dbe5b4.exe 26 PID 2352 wrote to memory of 3328 2352 ef06ab5cd57598acc6b4222249dbe5b4.exe 26 PID 3328 wrote to memory of 3796 3328 setup_installer.exe 34 PID 3328 wrote to memory of 3796 3328 setup_installer.exe 34 PID 3328 wrote to memory of 3796 3328 setup_installer.exe 34 PID 3796 wrote to memory of 1452 3796 setup_install.exe 33 PID 3796 wrote to memory of 1452 3796 setup_install.exe 33 PID 3796 wrote to memory of 1452 3796 setup_install.exe 33 PID 3796 wrote to memory of 3552 3796 setup_install.exe 30 PID 3796 wrote to memory of 3552 3796 setup_install.exe 30 PID 3796 wrote to memory of 3552 3796 setup_install.exe 30 PID 3552 wrote to memory of 1272 3552 cmd.exe 32 PID 3552 wrote to memory of 1272 3552 cmd.exe 32 PID 3552 wrote to memory of 1272 3552 cmd.exe 32 PID 1452 wrote to memory of 3600 1452 cmd.exe 31 PID 1452 wrote to memory of 3600 1452 cmd.exe 31 PID 1452 wrote to memory of 3600 1452 cmd.exe 31 - Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ef06ab5cd57598acc6b4222249dbe5b4.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ef06ab5cd57598acc6b4222249dbe5b4.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2352 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup_installer.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup_installer.exe"2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3328 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS00D46807\setup_install.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS00D46807\setup_install.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3796 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3796 -s 4244⤵
- Program crash
PID:3668
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c karotima_2.exe1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3552 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS00D46807\karotima_2.exekarotima_2.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
PID:1272 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1272 -s 3443⤵
- Program crash
PID:3644
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS00D46807\karotima_1.exekarotima_1.exe1⤵
- Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3600
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c karotima_1.exe1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1452
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 440 -p 1272 -ip 12721⤵PID:4596
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 444 -p 3796 -ip 37961⤵PID:4896
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup_installer.exe
- Size 382KB
- SHA256 c4f846e4d18dad41f194c6041cb50746db9475c72956cbc591a7905c582342fa
- MD5 5631db5428e186db72bf3f608b1068ba
- SHA1 76cfddf57a8402093c49d7df972b1ba1896e133e
- SHA512 ffc15c4d8593a7b4d266d16520e4f26c28a09fe0b171f2b8b1fe05ec0b405039761fed1c4ea1c3428726a9cf05033578f0b6243841c5e0ba3ca0cf139faaf03c
- SSDEEP 6144:RTYvFngzaG8fSdT4XCd8oJ8qUCpmljsgC+8tDX26farn+A5f3G8m:RTcFngzqfSGXCeoeNCA9sgCFDGhLD5f+
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup_installer.exe
- Size 94KB
- SHA256 972a812b93429b27a5b5ce2c3dca670215e516b979db66cd4581719b368b9f4d
- MD5 5216b511f5e74d0c481a23dde6afec5a
- SHA1 4e433d1acdf0840aead082139003f016a0a0000f
- SHA512 05e9aac243871205cffe01e8a6abfa66c4927480bb3c98f2e8c5f7d2c23240fff770dcec2d262de425031f321ce220128022488f3183ad5c98ce03ef3486950e
- SSDEEP 1536:L4UkZ6jk7G7+lv4lbexvSDwSyeqGQHST39z7aVizw7OmhpaOou4R:Rcy6lwl+vcVy4QHAzaG8hpW
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup_installer.exe
- Size 92KB
- SHA256 bf1a789cc4befb3927cf39258e6111b2bbb8720b8e8d811daefdcd6a45500b4a
- MD5 305c00c540e5c010533765562d65c13e
- SHA1 aacc016e7852e78e73a26cc19e6aca30b4a1161a
- SHA512 b1b86d6d8d62f8f7a9c12902da86ba54a651094360101810f6fb68937531caed8ac09973462cc9f20f0381da1b634049fb6ca0f6c5b74b57fae2c74bece7867a
- SSDEEP 1536:L4UkZ6jk7G7+lv4lbexvSDwSyeqGQHST39z7aVizw7OmhpaOou4X:Rcy6lwl+vcVy4QHAzaG8hpA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP