Malware Analysis Report

2025-08-06 04:05

Sample ID 240121-ppw5xscgar
Target 6d50b80765be25fb693c82b1e1b64a0c
SHA256 29a01880e269ca6fc7d33d535ea9ee660f395253eb38d756e99f6452bb35ccc8
Tags
metasploit backdoor persistence trojan
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

29a01880e269ca6fc7d33d535ea9ee660f395253eb38d756e99f6452bb35ccc8

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 6d50b80765be25fb693c82b1e1b64a0c was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

metasploit backdoor persistence trojan

MetaSploit

Adds policy Run key to start application

Executes dropped EXE

Adds Run key to start application

Drops file in Windows directory

Unsigned PE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-01-21 12:30

Signatures

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-01-21 12:30

Reported

2024-01-21 12:33

Platform

win7-20231215-en

Max time kernel

141s

Max time network

141s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe"

Signatures

MetaSploit

trojan backdoor metasploit

Adds policy Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\Microsoft Driver Setup = "C:\\Windows\\aadrive32.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Microsoft Driver Setup = "C:\\Windows\\aadrive32.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe N/A

Drops file in Windows directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Windows\%windir%\lfffile32.log C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe N/A
File created C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe N/A
File opened for modification C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2348 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2348 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2348 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe
PID 2404 wrote to memory of 2348 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe"

C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe

"C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe"

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 haaaaaaa.ishtiben.com udp
US 107.178.223.183:7196 haaaaaaa.ishtiben.com tcp

Files

memory/2404-0-0x0000000001E00000-0x0000000001F90000-memory.dmp

memory/2404-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B8000-memory.dmp

C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe

MD5 cd3858270caa405f3741202d793b0858
SHA1 01e28df7eaa5b6b8b103fe66cb3a4e2e76be620a
SHA256 19d39e213ed8c48c58881363637a7f58ad0bc1ddba3af8d82740f30ddd901603
SHA512 d7f26a670f4717a989f8dd4cb9e70b043766608b0786602d7e86eba9ac0584489af134a3b27ff0aff8ded98909d174a3d57b58d6728f63ffe3407476ac9a3f1b

memory/2348-7-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B8000-memory.dmp

memory/2404-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B8000-memory.dmp

memory/2348-9-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B8000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-01-21 12:30

Reported

2024-01-21 12:33

Platform

win10v2004-20231215-en

Max time kernel

141s

Max time network

138s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe"

Signatures

MetaSploit

trojan backdoor metasploit

Adds policy Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\Microsoft Driver Setup = "C:\\Windows\\aadrive32.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Microsoft Driver Setup = "C:\\Windows\\aadrive32.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe N/A

Drops file in Windows directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Windows\%windir%\lfffile32.log C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe N/A
File created C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe N/A
File opened for modification C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 1472 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 1472 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 1472 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aadrive32.exe"

C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe

"C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe"

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 228.249.119.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 haaaaaaa.ishtiben.com udp
US 107.178.223.183:7196 haaaaaaa.ishtiben.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 240.221.184.93.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 183.223.178.107.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 68.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 196.249.167.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 217.106.137.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 86.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 81.171.91.138.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 31.243.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/1620-0-0x0000000002300000-0x00000000024A0000-memory.dmp

memory/1620-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B8000-memory.dmp

C:\Windows\aadrive32.exe

MD5 cd3858270caa405f3741202d793b0858
SHA1 01e28df7eaa5b6b8b103fe66cb3a4e2e76be620a
SHA256 19d39e213ed8c48c58881363637a7f58ad0bc1ddba3af8d82740f30ddd901603
SHA512 d7f26a670f4717a989f8dd4cb9e70b043766608b0786602d7e86eba9ac0584489af134a3b27ff0aff8ded98909d174a3d57b58d6728f63ffe3407476ac9a3f1b

memory/1472-7-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B8000-memory.dmp

memory/1620-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B8000-memory.dmp

memory/1472-9-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B8000-memory.dmp