kinsing | e161926dbde52476ecadf490e4d2f8292c28bab433f6d1bc427ae13589eed769

Analysis

max time kernel
138s
max time network
157s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20231215-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
25-01-2024 16:02

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General

Target

$PLUGINSDIR/Confirmation.html
Size

2KB
MD5

fb242ca8761f6537ef7f27832320f0db
SHA1

b64089afcfa9d204b68dffeff763106dc39856fe
SHA256

848b5e85010342a8f020cfb4f84c22ed7c28379742380c2b269bad3429ee5bef
SHA512

aa45516e083d0499ae721d6a2224803da4f7c773106f6812d839f88a2739856074fb3eb00f255e8a3bb7b7ab503978c4ec2b6171b476a153804bc965e1f45d8f

Score

10^/10

kinsing loader

Malware Config

Signatures

Kinsing
Kinsing is a loader written in Golang.
loader kinsing

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 41 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

description	ioc	process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{2828FAE5-BB9B-11EE-B6AD-EA184F49D407} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31084455"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31084456"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 20815a08a84fda01	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU\AdapterInfo = "vendorId=\"0x10de\",deviceID=\"0x8c\",subSysID=\"0x0\",revision=\"0x0\",version=\"10.0.19041.546\"hypervisor=\"No Hypervisor (No SLAT)\""	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "4277458521"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31084455"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000d4d347bde384c849be64bb2f1c358fef0000000002000000000010660000000100002000000044c1a93217b57971da09fc10dece42b8f484fbf657e63d2f0c847b4ab1886023000000000e8000000002000020000000ff59fd18455af6c48de655fa1ee3516dca4b0219333095045d316dfc6bf919442000000092b5f065e195f73a147f4a5cfafcd17a7d8c9f8d293291130d44e99258fd3e1940000000be27b494af89aeb05abe842c6de90dc7ec627cbd75d7b1a69689e7cb6c4d87dc3fcf5b8d3dd1afe8dfd3f99173f97cf710756329e7734ced8d6ca770da1c93a4	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "62648976"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000d4d347bde384c849be64bb2f1c358fef0000000002000000000010660000000100002000000050cbcb2232d063f47b3b4960bf325dc98104296cafa8701571121e09448c739e000000000e8000000002000020000000b379ad9dfd7643b2ef2d6ab7aa32c7e3a0a9a9b04b56f522e23763f5d277f3d7200000004cea1100e77e54d183da5ef7e36779324c2bdd0d2f11b8e1d73a32d68d8aa4024000000027ce57cee0f0ab1c5f5a93fb63058893d8fb297ca5c98f5e6f5151df1e1b9b7d0096371e45587ebbf3d12aba2fd779cdf5216b49b2dfba71d61ca7bd9f90d02b	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = f0b16808a84fda01	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "4277458521"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "412963541"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

pid process

4692 iexplore.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

pid process

4692 iexplore.exe
4692 iexplore.exe
4768 IEXPLORE.EXE
4768 IEXPLORE.EXE
4768 IEXPLORE.EXE
4768 IEXPLORE.EXE

pid	process
4692	iexplore.exe

pid	process
4692	iexplore.exe
4692	iexplore.exe
4768	IEXPLORE.EXE
4768	IEXPLORE.EXE
4768	IEXPLORE.EXE
4768	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4692 wrote to memory of 4768	4692	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 4692 wrote to memory of 4768	4692	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 4692 wrote to memory of 4768	4692	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$PLUGINSDIR\Confirmation.html
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4692

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4692 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
2⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4768

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776
Filesize
471B

MD5
1d7f25dc2d6699e79619c31ff8908f6c

SHA1
de3c1be6c3f3e7f6eadbe715ae575794e5bf1221

SHA256
845c8a47772a9c534cf13a177c83c40db250a6dbbd0a369401ea884b8d058d6e

SHA512
7a6e1765a31821e79b766ea0675ed17d735a40766d5fcd6cc305a8d33b8257d11e492d4ad8626f2909e1c2c2d93e8d04ed133effd0a3ec29324ec3ca36a22a1e

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776
Filesize
404B

MD5
d319d6a3a43d6bafa5abc1b666b6bc6f

SHA1
fc441d8ebeb6783e9560c87a868c328d8ae80fae

SHA256
18951e425ab875551f7264df728ad62a72565a4859500f68e278137f05396e63

SHA512
d735d9d744dfd6c8b1461ac0c8ab28d753daba17bba874edab1dd15a12782a45a79d525cdca571aeec0a4f2126d8701d76e32fae012c753d3b0f2a1b9353a486

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\M8F18HYR\suggestions[1].en-US
Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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