Analysis
- max time kernel
22s - max time network
156s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20231222-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231222-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system - submitted
05/01/2024, 12:44
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe
Resource
win7-20231215-en
29 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20231222-en
15 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe
- Size 201KB
- Sample240105-pyzbmsdcb3
- SHA256 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384
- MD5 0fe9a166d791f5dea93fe2bf4d1facb6
- SHA1 2b67d1c2a392bb3e66b2e20902930996c4ce640d
- SHA512 952089bd3079cefb44e86fe7fc2e6be95221807a379948713e6b9022db9e24a3228780b2a2b400634af6d7c0345b368cf64dbae55dfdaef3bc5c7ce755cf35c4
- SSDEEP 6144:T6WLbZAkKGQiE4JwW9feH1jD73NWsEnTRa:3/ZAT9FoN9EjP9W5n
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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smokeloader
Botnet
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up3
Extracted
Family
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smokeloader
Version
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2020
C2
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http://host-file-host6.com/
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http://host-host-file8.com/
rc4.i32
rc4.i32
Signatures
- SmokeLoader
Modular backdoor trojan in use since 2014.
- Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 3428 Process not Found - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4448 9114.exe -
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA 9114.exe - Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
pid Process 4448 9114.exe - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4300 set thread context of 2168 4300 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe 19 - Program crash 2 IoCs
pid pid_target Process procid_target 3264 2168 WerFault.exe 19 3912 2564 WerFault.exe 104 - NSIS installer 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x0009000000023054-38.dat nsis_installer_2 behavioral2/files/0x0009000000023054-39.dat nsis_installer_2 behavioral2/files/0x0006000000023228-45.dat nsis_installer_1 behavioral2/files/0x0006000000023228-45.dat nsis_installer_2 behavioral2/files/0x0006000000023228-47.dat nsis_installer_1 behavioral2/files/0x0006000000023228-47.dat nsis_installer_2 behavioral2/files/0x0006000000023228-49.dat nsis_installer_1 behavioral2/files/0x0006000000023228-49.dat nsis_installer_2 - 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 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe Key queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe Key enumerated \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 9114.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString 9114.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 2168 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe 2168 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found 3428 Process not Found - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
pid Process 2168 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 16 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3428 Process not Found Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3428 Process not Found Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4448 9114.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 4448 9114.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 4448 9114.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 4448 9114.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 4448 9114.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 4448 9114.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 4448 9114.exe Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege 4448 9114.exe Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege 4448 9114.exe Token: SeMachineAccountPrivilege 4448 9114.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 4448 9114.exe Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege 4448 9114.exe Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege 4448 9114.exe Token: 33 4448 9114.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4300 wrote to memory of 2168 4300 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe 19 PID 4300 wrote to memory of 2168 4300 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe 19 PID 4300 wrote to memory of 2168 4300 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe 19 PID 4300 wrote to memory of 2168 4300 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe 19 PID 4300 wrote to memory of 2168 4300 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe 19 PID 4300 wrote to memory of 2168 4300 9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe 19 PID 3428 wrote to memory of 4448 3428 Process not Found 103 PID 3428 wrote to memory of 4448 3428 Process not Found 103 PID 3428 wrote to memory of 4448 3428 Process not Found 103 - 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\9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4300 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9a23805b493744d541cc279f7676d724e7a0f2824612fc9393c68d49ea2eb384.exe"2⤵
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
PID:2168 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2168 -s 3323⤵
- Program crash
PID:3264
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 420 -p 2168 -ip 21681⤵PID:4784
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9114.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9114.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4448 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe2⤵PID:2564
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2564 -s 10843⤵
- Program crash
PID:3912
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\979D.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\979D.exe1⤵PID:5020
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsUpdater.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsUpdater.exe"2⤵PID:1952
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 524 -p 2564 -ip 25641⤵PID:2448
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9114.exe
- Size 212KB
- SHA256 1175f109cf32ca739740c42bdb7bed0ebd4051318e35fb3c01ff14b8175bcfd7
- MD5 29e0a9348a0fe679e061257502b77d80
- SHA1 ed51d3a89f221b63ab8fea5a6bc7f66b9af7c1a8
- SHA512 5989047204c276552c6284eb6174f589156807903b0773a226f52f337f720622a98a2d94d1ec4e9d8d955651aa73172bbe397a215b3f41db2a3049a102ceae11
- SSDEEP 6144:VuWFksgTOzEV6zs1hfk8MIcG1Zb7d+0PuSCU4CzE:5FkRTOzEV6zs1hfk8oYVd+Dj4E
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9114.exe
- Size 321KB
- SHA256 2b8cb2a7ecbe7b5917befafb60f83c18bff29eadd2e036ab78ef521f110e524b
- MD5 58314709c753f1efe69eebdcd75f015f
- SHA1 3599de1857443dbf6e604aaeba3118d6e2666f68
- SHA512 f09a1b77abbbc7ace732b3bf62e9e66a6c232a0bbb2554d22c316ee4f738f93b58d2d11d5a1150b5ecd9bfa50aa0d36717d8e04d635a8d8060a4b30cbddae3d5
- SSDEEP 6144:VuWFksgTOzEV6zs1hfk8MIcG1Zb7d+0PuSCU4CzmJkdVdsc:5FkRTOzEV6zs1hfk8oYVd+Dj4mYVdsc
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\979D.exe
- Size 191KB
- SHA256 1e5fd27e508b43c473611a831641479ef6cf9a01fe5ba124f901c3b6fb7d308d
- MD5 c3fc237f333614c44cf7468442195591
- SHA1 a83d645c4b3dc8367aa13433717593e15c579a16
- SHA512 f6cbd6613134988d851d46a2eb278987203cdc220a163aa53fe2beea6d96087418857ed15bd19484b923474638d3a3fe281b938d05c90bf2c701381489907928
- SSDEEP 3072:aQIU5KdOb6dzRA07OX4vBCCXtovcIDAvScQba2dZabfQpNnMRXGLAhU:Jt50ObWRVZnvA8QpqJGshU
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\979D.exe
- Size 81KB
- SHA256 fe31b995cdf1ed33659e2299d1f1adfe619be7a410586c3e6cb7489cdb936386
- MD5 40f9b1a52e2616b04ddb93988091cff9
- SHA1 2d87cbca513c280fb4bfc59679f7034422e0d0b9
- SHA512 897c5923d8d625e31e68de7b6a2c6ffac4b3df8726c0e52df6025cf19ffca8d02bcabdacdebe0ebf290e51767a39d25d4335915d48ca9de01260b85bdde41034
- SSDEEP 1536:eqe570IOea5evdOb6vFzUs2ZSozeD8iwSyhSBTOXSpsWZQbcdvS2:aQIU5KdOb6dzRA07OX4vr
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsUpdater.exe
- Size 80KB
- SHA256 a05185df08b5f8acad3e7eba88f20758f2829a8ee46a66ff15734b3d54bd373f
- MD5 c99717954f2720e2103f28a63b959bcd
- SHA1 aa7909779111dd34d795c45d85ab8e4b2c3eee96
- SHA512 957dd9e19bad85a7f9971269d82b3387dfbe22e6dfd9c49dd19089a0f59d89a91518143254b93e3e84f5b0131f63dcfc43ce46bab6ac8cbe6b1df4d804970d86
- SSDEEP 1536:wtMzjzcvy9Qz30DAvd8cQbqRv38ubButixyp1XZabfOg2g0:wtovcIDAvScQba2dZabfo
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsUpdater.exe
- Size 85KB
- SHA256 3f256c3a8eb213a246cf1c578a44291c5cc398de047f643fa7e9c4d0aa00ec91
- MD5 4ae107ee3b3b594ff2f5a99b6e50ae1d
- SHA1 46a3127667109a8d12b80ad7d8afcae3a6f4ae81
- SHA512 cf9ac13faf1e628dc637b01263cb1e8b49a0721050760d867ea5ee4f086e95e05d970cfd67acb257a692cc80f2c25f8d49bbe6d0a74b90a77926c6972e97181c
- SSDEEP 1536:wtMzjzcvy9Qz30DAvd8cQbqRv38ubButixyp1XZabfOg2gkpNTw:wtovcIDAvScQba2dZabfQpNk
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsUpdater.exe
- Size 61KB
- SHA256 7ea1604ef0e6597a5ab627d4e92b3c09eadf09939d02464f7ea34fd94cc78945
- MD5 9243038f5717d0a327ff8b92609a9610
- SHA1 6d397de8ee08809de27d6debf0719bcb9c030235
- SHA512 2846d2594145ab01a9f866ec41d77aa5a8165ce46745ec01efcf784a817b2e89b30cff4e03a39e7f026cbdb3b32af4f716929b49ab0d83feb637f79a53d8e13e
- SSDEEP 1536:wtMzjzcvy9Qz30DAvd8cQbqRv38ubButixy8:wtovcIDAvScQbaF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lib.dll
- Size 87KB
- SHA256 cdc5e15ed4c43d9ea7be1b5683c4ac029c18c54acac84b328223eed5859ec1a9
- MD5 ce4c63c04ad73aebc9316d34da51d0c6
- SHA1 f085883790817f3b797fc94985b4684670212710
- SHA512 67d604ac51ebadbbd9c644e66dbbbbfe99fea3bed18265682b8636889e217af0b65841d4ff0e065075d4d2d780a19f4d7a4878d2a27dc4373bac4f9800b2bbd9
- SSDEEP 1536:GQJV/wyswNZrHaOJeXJewSIvUQ4HO3ytyF3qEODTS0EJ6sWycdbMXn4wi:GGjaO+ewSIoO3syiT9bMXn4wi
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nss9953.tmp\System.dll
- Size 12KB
- SHA256 7fb0f8d452fefaac789986b933df050f3d3e4feb8a8d9944ada995f572dcdca1
- MD5 dd87a973e01c5d9f8e0fcc81a0af7c7a
- SHA1 c9206ced48d1e5bc648b1d0f54cccc18bf643a14
- SHA512 4910b39b1a99622ac8b3c42f173bbe7035ac2f8d40c946468e7db7e2868a2da81ea94da453857f06f39957dd690c7f1ba498936a7aaa0039975e472376f92e8f
- SSDEEP 192:VFiQJ77pJp17C8F1A5xjGNxrgFOgb7lrT/993:97pJp48F2exrg5F/9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP