Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    131s
  • platform
    windows10-1703_x64
  • resource
    win10-20231215-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-1703-x64system
  • submitted
    12-02-2024 20:20

General

  • Target

    hahahahahahahahahahahahah/cheeto.exe

  • Size

    4.0MB

  • MD5

    d8a87de9f5f0a65be7aca6a2fad43850

  • SHA1

    7dedd4726434e83118cce9bed022a9b69b2e3597

  • SHA256

    a38bae826b70c938950a3686070282a22d8cceedb47374b4eeeaa45b2443d1c6

  • SHA512

    f3b00b4c08d6690c38557746a873e7185be53fb18f8b6cff78e157b9090a4fe86e8428229d36f88e513c8b5139957486f198ff1b21b81c8311bc0fab46e1dd22

  • SSDEEP

    98304:4vYC9j4fMjwI9P8FgQnPvmb/9M+bshSqZORpkcNZfGafu:4w9fMvEF5nWq+wh2k+s2u

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Themida packer 10 IoCs

    Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hahahahahahahahahahahahah\cheeto.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hahahahahahahahahahahahah\cheeto.exe"
    1⤵
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Sets service image path in registry
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3620
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hahahahahahahahahahahahah\cheeto.exe" MD5 | find /i /v "md5" | find /i /v "certutil"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:500
      • C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
        certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hahahahahahahahahahahahah\cheeto.exe" MD5
        3⤵
          PID:4628
        • C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
          find /i /v "md5"
          3⤵
            PID:2748
          • C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
            find /i /v "certutil"
            3⤵
              PID:3516
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4
          1⤵
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
          PID:1836

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        • memory/3620-0-0x00007FF6B9F60000-0x00007FF6BA9FF000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.6MB

        • memory/3620-1-0x00007FFCC4B30000-0x00007FFCC4D0B000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.9MB

        • memory/3620-2-0x00007FF6B9F60000-0x00007FF6BA9FF000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.6MB

        • memory/3620-3-0x00007FF6B9F60000-0x00007FF6BA9FF000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.6MB

        • memory/3620-4-0x00007FF6B9F60000-0x00007FF6BA9FF000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.6MB

        • memory/3620-10-0x00007FF6B9F60000-0x00007FF6BA9FF000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.6MB

        • memory/3620-11-0x00007FF6B9F60000-0x00007FF6BA9FF000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.6MB

        • memory/3620-12-0x00007FF6B9F60000-0x00007FF6BA9FF000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.6MB

        • memory/3620-13-0x00007FF6B9F60000-0x00007FF6BA9FF000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.6MB

        • memory/3620-22-0x00007FF6B9F60000-0x00007FF6BA9FF000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.6MB

        • memory/3620-24-0x00007FFCC4B30000-0x00007FFCC4D0B000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.9MB

        • memory/3620-26-0x00007FF6B9F60000-0x00007FF6BA9FF000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.6MB