metasploit | 16838e53cf137a9268775b972651efbb3a88ec50c000cdffd31c22a81eaefa0f | Triage

Analysis

max time kernel
143s
max time network
144s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20231222-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231222-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
03/02/2024, 00:10 UTC

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General

Target

8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
Size

106KB
MD5

8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5
SHA1

8705eb50f3593749f0ce4f0ac25655b21e8f9713
SHA256

16838e53cf137a9268775b972651efbb3a88ec50c000cdffd31c22a81eaefa0f
SHA512

34a65d7a2954e153a511ea4f9662637854f3a8177b9e11ed68f91348d12d57e4bc7cf53bc46476bc77e0f073f99bcf4bd7e4f2c3c86f1fc185cf0379f9adf042
SSDEEP

3072:mO/hbsVLhXTQfDRAldvKH4gOiwLVTURrBR0:mYwLdotAPGYiwLiR

Score

10^/10

metasploit backdoor persistence trojan upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

metasploit

Version

encoder/call4_dword_xor

Signatures

MetaSploit
Detected malicious payload which is part of the Metasploit Framework, likely generated with msfvenom or similar.
trojan backdoor metasploit

Adds policy Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\Microsoft Driver Setup = "C:\\Windows\\Smc.exe"	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1264	Smc.exe
1044	Smc.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

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

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3596-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3596-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/files/0x00020000000228cb-12.dat	upx
behavioral2/memory/1264-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1264-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp	upx

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Microsoft Driver Setup = "C:\\Windows\\Smc.exe"	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3596 set thread context of 4928	3596	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe	88
PID 1264 set thread context of 1044	1264	Smc.exe	90

Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\Smc.exe	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Smc.exe	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
File created	C:\Windows\logfile32.txt	Smc.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
4928	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
4928	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
4928	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
4928	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
4928	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
4928	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
1044	Smc.exe
1044	Smc.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4928	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1044	Smc.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3596	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
1264	Smc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 19 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 4928	3596	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe	88
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 4928	3596	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe	88
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 4928	3596	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe	88
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 4928	3596	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe	88
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 4928	3596	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe	88
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 4928	3596	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe	88
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 4928	3596	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe	88
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 4928	3596	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe	88
PID 4928 wrote to memory of 1264	4928	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe	89
PID 4928 wrote to memory of 1264	4928	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe	89
PID 4928 wrote to memory of 1264	4928	8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe	89
PID 1264 wrote to memory of 1044	1264	Smc.exe	90
PID 1264 wrote to memory of 1044	1264	Smc.exe	90
PID 1264 wrote to memory of 1044	1264	Smc.exe	90
PID 1264 wrote to memory of 1044	1264	Smc.exe	90
PID 1264 wrote to memory of 1044	1264	Smc.exe	90
PID 1264 wrote to memory of 1044	1264	Smc.exe	90
PID 1264 wrote to memory of 1044	1264	Smc.exe	90
PID 1264 wrote to memory of 1044	1264	Smc.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3596
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5.exe
  2⤵
  - Adds policy Run key to start application
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4928
- - C:\Windows\Smc.exe
    "C:\Windows\Smc.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1264
  - - C:\Windows\Smc.exe
      C:\Windows\Smc.exe
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Drops file in Windows directory
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1044

Network

DNS

133.211.185.52.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

133.211.185.52.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response
DNS

180.178.17.96.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

180.178.17.96.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response

180.178.17.96.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

a96-17-178-180deploystaticakamaitechnologiescom
DNS

www.facebookvideocentral.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com

IN A

Response
DNS

14.160.190.20.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

14.160.190.20.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response
DNS

95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response
DNS

www.merkurvideo.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.merkurvideo.com

IN A

Response
DNS

196.249.167.52.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

196.249.167.52.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response
DNS

www.facebookvideocentral.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.merkurvideo.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.merkurvideo.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.facebookvideocentral.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com

IN A

Response
DNS

50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response
DNS

18.31.95.13.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

18.31.95.13.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response
DNS

18.134.221.88.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

18.134.221.88.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response

18.134.221.88.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

a88-221-134-18deploystaticakamaitechnologiescom
DNS

www.merkurvideo.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.merkurvideo.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.facebookvideocentral.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.merkurvideo.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.merkurvideo.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.facebookvideocentral.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com

IN A

Response
DNS

209.178.17.96.in-addr.arpa

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

209.178.17.96.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

Response

209.178.17.96.in-addr.arpa

IN PTR

a96-17-178-209deploystaticakamaitechnologiescom
DNS

www.merkurvideo.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.merkurvideo.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.facebookvideocentral.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.merkurvideo.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.merkurvideo.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.facebookvideocentral.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.merkurvideo.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.merkurvideo.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.facebookvideocentral.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.merkurvideo.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.merkurvideo.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.facebookvideocentral.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.merkurvideo.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.merkurvideo.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.facebookvideocentral.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.merkurvideo.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.merkurvideo.com

IN A

Response
DNS

www.facebookvideocentral.com

Smc.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com

IN A

Response

52.142.223.178:80

46 B
1

8.8.8.8:53

133.211.185.52.in-addr.arpa

dns

73 B
147 B
1
1

DNS Request

133.211.185.52.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

180.178.17.96.in-addr.arpa

dns

72 B
137 B
1
1

DNS Request

180.178.17.96.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

www.facebookvideocentral.com

dns

Smc.exe

74 B
147 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com
8.8.8.8:53

14.160.190.20.in-addr.arpa

dns

72 B
158 B
1
1

DNS Request

14.160.190.20.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa

dns

73 B
144 B
1
1

DNS Request

95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

www.merkurvideo.com

dns

Smc.exe

65 B
138 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.merkurvideo.com
8.8.8.8:53

196.249.167.52.in-addr.arpa

dns

73 B
147 B
1
1

DNS Request

196.249.167.52.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

www.facebookvideocentral.com

dns

Smc.exe

74 B
147 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.merkurvideo.com

dns

Smc.exe

65 B
138 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.merkurvideo.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.facebookvideocentral.com

dns

Smc.exe

74 B
147 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com
8.8.8.8:53

50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa

dns

70 B
156 B
1
1

DNS Request

50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

18.31.95.13.in-addr.arpa

dns

70 B
144 B
1
1

DNS Request

18.31.95.13.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

18.134.221.88.in-addr.arpa

dns

72 B
137 B
1
1

DNS Request

18.134.221.88.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

www.merkurvideo.com

dns

Smc.exe

65 B
138 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.merkurvideo.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.facebookvideocentral.com

dns

Smc.exe

74 B
147 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.merkurvideo.com

dns

Smc.exe

65 B
138 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.merkurvideo.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.facebookvideocentral.com

dns

Smc.exe

74 B
147 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com
8.8.8.8:53

209.178.17.96.in-addr.arpa

dns

72 B
137 B
1
1

DNS Request

209.178.17.96.in-addr.arpa
8.8.8.8:53

www.merkurvideo.com

dns

Smc.exe

65 B
138 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.merkurvideo.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.facebookvideocentral.com

dns

Smc.exe

74 B
147 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.merkurvideo.com

dns

Smc.exe

65 B
138 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.merkurvideo.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.facebookvideocentral.com

dns

Smc.exe

74 B
147 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.merkurvideo.com

dns

Smc.exe

65 B
138 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.merkurvideo.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.facebookvideocentral.com

dns

Smc.exe

74 B
147 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.merkurvideo.com

dns

Smc.exe

65 B
138 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.merkurvideo.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.facebookvideocentral.com

dns

Smc.exe

74 B
147 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.merkurvideo.com

dns

Smc.exe

65 B
138 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.merkurvideo.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.facebookvideocentral.com

dns

Smc.exe

74 B
147 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.merkurvideo.com

dns

Smc.exe

65 B
138 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.merkurvideo.com
8.8.8.8:53

www.facebookvideocentral.com

dns

Smc.exe

74 B
147 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.facebookvideocentral.com

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Windows\Smc.exe

Filesize
106KB

MD5
8ae36fcc162566b7af488d0bfe6c15d5

SHA1
8705eb50f3593749f0ce4f0ac25655b21e8f9713

SHA256
16838e53cf137a9268775b972651efbb3a88ec50c000cdffd31c22a81eaefa0f

SHA512
34a65d7a2954e153a511ea4f9662637854f3a8177b9e11ed68f91348d12d57e4bc7cf53bc46476bc77e0f073f99bcf4bd7e4f2c3c86f1fc185cf0379f9adf042

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memory/1044-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1044-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/1264-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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memory/1264-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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memory/3596-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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memory/3596-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

Filesize
212KB

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memory/4928-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/4928-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/4928-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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memory/4928-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000454000-memory.dmp

Filesize
336KB

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