Analysis

  • max time kernel
    141s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20231215-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    17/01/2024, 07:40

General

  • Target
    621a2e0d51746699c8a5e18ddf4e0f36.exe
  • Size 3.0MB
  • Sample240117-jhsahacaa9
  • SHA256 dfeba8ba02703953a17e57328652daf96d6728bc7e39e787643d6d6981cfd466
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • mercurialgrabber

C2
  • https://discord.com/api/webhooks/862013194289283082/vdP5RcPQkNuaioHUzl94srnD2CnT8Gw1Go06ysMvU9ESkKteehfXFyU5dIb1Rh_iLyFV

Signatures

  • Mercurial Grabber Stealer

    Mercurial Grabber is an open source stealer targeting Chrome, Discord and some game clients as well as generic system information.

  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • NirSoft WebBrowserPassView 3 IoCs

    Password recovery tool for various web browsers

  • Nirsoft 9 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 8 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • UPX packed file 6 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 38 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\621a2e0d51746699c8a5e18ddf4e0f36.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\621a2e0d51746699c8a5e18ddf4e0f36.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1616
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\ITROUB~1.EXE
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\ITROUB~1.EXE
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2844
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RtkBtManServ.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RtkBtManServ.exe" ZhXl39BlhP84+Y4kurA8wpehxxqA0X22IMYZ6Vpiqs7qPgQntfut05YdOi28eQCggsJHk23Lu6xPx174Crfzhsr5tPC+eh7XQLDVfinSG47PCl1M6LIjSBK0hHIL2WAIYUm6cmT31exTCrvMYhl/vhmUsEh8VJKAT8vmAyMu/hE=
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5072
        • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\compile.vbs"
          4⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3920
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c compile.bat
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3600
        • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\compile.vbs"
          4⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4128
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c compile.bat
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2612
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hh.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hh.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cookies3"
              6⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              PID:3076
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\splwow64.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\splwow64.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cookies2"
              6⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              PID:4792
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winhlp32.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winhlp32.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cookies1"
              6⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              PID:4932
        • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\compile.vbs"
          4⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4560
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c compile.bat
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3088
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3 & Del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RtkBtManServ.exe"
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2388
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\MERCUR~1.EXE
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\MERCUR~1.EXE
      2⤵
      • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
      • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
      • Checks BIOS information in registry
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Maps connected drives based on registry
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4952
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\snuvcdsm.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\snuvcdsm.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Admin_Passwords.txt"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:3840
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xwizard.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xwizard.exe /stext "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Admin_History.txt"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:3888
  • C:\Windows\system32\choice.exe
    choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3
    1⤵
      PID:3340

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          Admin_Passwords.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Admin_Passwords.txt
          • Size 4KB
          • SHA256 e09a0aed9bbc43da3b7a85d30a9a10b54d11c096aa6cef81c23364bc9c4dfcc9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Cookies1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cookies1
          • Size 2B
          • SHA256 b3d510ef04275ca8e698e5b3cbb0ece3949ef9252f0cdc839e9ee347409a2209
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          Cookies3

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cookies3
          • Size 14KB
          • SHA256 04cb0a48a6860eb472777437beb6d1d6df99a948e770e665742409c8de303eb7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          ITROUB~1.EXE

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\ITROUB~1.EXE
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 389b3160eb053215b9fc84d605e181214782e355965b735323d012299ccd200e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          ITROUB~1.EXE

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\ITROUB~1.EXE
          • Size 598KB
          • SHA256 fa5dd7a13626c7c78c5726e4952aa0ea1b9afa79597e66a9674931223eef4ce2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          MERCUR~1.EXE

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\MERCUR~1.EXE
          • Size 41KB
          • SHA256 b3e746ade20b605fa691f63ba22fbeda4aef93ca6c9444644e215f484716a13f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          RtkBtManServ.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RtkBtManServ.exe
          • Size 451KB
          • SHA256 ded87705b988886ae5971d02cc1021a061d6d2e42dcff7e62cab7b44ad4a6c6b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          RtkBtManServ.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RtkBtManServ.exe
          • Size 358KB
          • SHA256 d5461134875af5078c9001b56600b3561a79caf69af472c160503ea0d4e99a77
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          RtkBtManServ.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RtkBtManServ.exe
          • Size 460KB
          • SHA256 3e7de56a3fb4ff44edb7694da2e6ebca6707ee648f50b7e38666d5d4719e648d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          bhvA1CE.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bhvA1CE.tmp
          • Size 117KB
          • SHA256 67f064272d04a0090f32ee583de00b3258d90a8437d8551be5fefe7ada737695
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          compile.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\compile.bat
          • Size 74B
          • SHA256 f465a1bd2f9a3efcf0589f0b1c234d285f2bebf7416b324271d987a282915ca8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          compile.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\compile.bat
          • Size 156B
          • SHA256 db903aae119dc795581080a528ba04286be11be7e9d417305d77123545fbf0f9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          compile.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\compile.bat
          • Size 71B
          • SHA256 50801c4db374acec11831bf7602cd2635bc8964800c67217b25683dce4a45873
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          compile.vbs

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\compile.vbs
          • Size 265B
          • SHA256 abf09cb96f4c04a1d2d2bfd7184da63dd79c2109b1a768ca5dae4265def39eee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          config

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\config
          • Size 108B
          • SHA256 68c4ec552c98f3b5a4744e4eefadd6364dc8075c2e718b7bcbfc76625aa60d03
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          hh.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hh.exe
          • Size 103KB
          • SHA256 4182172a01bdfc08c5cf7e8652f7d9d81858345a770e2b6b507840e4c1c7764f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          snuvcdsm.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\snuvcdsm.exe
          • Size 195KB
          • SHA256 381ee84d76d67ba14c60bbec6a90840165c5758e3adec695ff8a5a6f1bdb6e42
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          snuvcdsm.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\snuvcdsm.exe
          • Size 195KB
          • SHA256 f31a96353d439f8c3118ca395a4656fc109c433df12a0b1d74242ee15230ff57
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          splwow64.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\splwow64.exe
          • Size 49KB
          • SHA256 ebff7d07efda7245192ce6ecd7767578152b515b510c887ca2880a2566071f64
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          whysosad

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\whysosad
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 1637ce704a463bd3c91a38aa02d1030107670f91ee3f0dd4fa13d07a77ba2664
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          winhlp32.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winhlp32.exe
          • Size 184KB
          • SHA256 071e26ddf5323dd9ed6671bcde89df73d78bac2336070e6cb9e3e4b93bde78d1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          winhlp32.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winhlp32.exe
          • Size 142KB
          • SHA256 99f4dd14406980d8ddec2c077e6b79bad96b071fd0c274cb4967ad931d62c1ad
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          xwizard.cfg

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xwizard.cfg
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 3f6ca2bc068c8436044daab867f8ff8f75060048b29882cb2ac9fdef1800df9e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          xwizard.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xwizard.exe
          • Size 192KB
          • SHA256 aab73036ee4bf81dd8823dfa25dc6a2151cd6262d0f706e55cd0570b6055e779
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          xwizard.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xwizard.exe
          • Size 107KB
          • SHA256 abf22b4cf4f3e70c8eb882cb2157ee00c3b794a3fc9e484a0e6459f0c761b13c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/2844-27-0x00000000748C0000-0x0000000075070000-memory.dmp

          memory/2844-11-0x0000000005460000-0x0000000005A04000-memory.dmp

          memory/2844-8-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000B6C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2844-7-0x00000000748C0000-0x0000000075070000-memory.dmp

          memory/2844-10-0x0000000004DA0000-0x0000000004DB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2844-9-0x0000000000882000-0x0000000000883000-memory.dmp

          memory/2844-12-0x00000000050A0000-0x0000000005106000-memory.dmp

          memory/4792-119-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4932-118-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4932-121-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-38-0x000000001B930000-0x000000001B940000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-33-0x0000000000BA0000-0x0000000000BB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-74-0x00007FFCF1430000-0x00007FFCF1EF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-36-0x00007FFCF1430000-0x00007FFCF1EF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-39-0x0000023279250000-0x0000023279592000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-30-0x00007FFCF1430000-0x00007FFCF1EF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-40-0x000002325EFB0000-0x000002325EFB6000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-41-0x0000023260A60000-0x0000023260AD6000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-42-0x0000023260A50000-0x0000023260A60000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-43-0x0000023279590000-0x0000023279640000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-76-0x0000023260A20000-0x0000023260A42000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-80-0x0000023260B20000-0x0000023260B52000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-28-0x000002325E930000-0x000002325EC0A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-86-0x000002327A3D0000-0x000002327A3EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-82-0x0000023260AF0000-0x0000023260AF8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-77-0x00000232609F0000-0x0000023260A20000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-78-0x0000023260970000-0x000002326097C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-79-0x0000023260B00000-0x0000023260B1A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-81-0x000002327A130000-0x000002327A1D2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5072-176-0x00007FFCF1430000-0x00007FFCF1EF1000-memory.dmp