Analysis

  • max time kernel
    92s
  • max time network
    97s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20231215-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    19/02/2024, 17:11

General

  • Target
    Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.rar
  • Size 146.1MB
  • Sample240219-vqaafahf63
  • SHA256 a4483fc2d8cc6f8dc08b9251895bbaa3177e485c6e2318bb1f603694ebecafea
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 8 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 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\system32\cmd.exe
    cmd /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.rar"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2900
    • C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
      "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.rar"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3960
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zO87F03877\Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zO87F03877\Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3472
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-APU87.tmp\Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.tmp
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-APU87.tmp\Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.tmp" /SL5="$B005E,152626678,176128,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zO87F03877\Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          PID:5088
  • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
    C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x49c 0x4a4
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4788
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:1556
    • C:\Windows\system32\mspaint.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\mspaint.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ExitRestore.emf"
      1⤵
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4724
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s DeviceAssociationService
      1⤵
        PID:3028
      • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
        "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --started-from-file "C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\OutPush.mpv2"
        1⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
        • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:3500
      • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3492
        • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
          "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
          2⤵
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3440
          • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel="3440.0.311513179\894497602" -parentBuildID 20221007134813 -prefsHandle 1884 -prefMapHandle 1876 -prefsLen 20749 -prefMapSize 233444 -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {22512f48-4949-400b-8313-dbfb9200d8c0} 3440 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.3440" 1964 21fb54d6458 gpu
            3⤵
              PID:2152
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel="3440.1.1347373770\2068333819" -parentBuildID 20221007134813 -prefsHandle 2352 -prefMapHandle 2348 -prefsLen 20785 -prefMapSize 233444 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {11ef006f-1d95-4932-9a26-4676cea3762b} 3440 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.3440" 2364 21fa8a72558 socket
              3⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:2544
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel="3440.2.31113729\878870853" -childID 1 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 3188 -prefMapHandle 3184 -prefsLen 20888 -prefMapSize 233444 -jsInitHandle 1412 -jsInitLen 246848 -a11yResourceId 64 -parentBuildID 20221007134813 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {6a2decc2-8dd3-4e3f-9f0f-b579eb26c5f9} 3440 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.3440" 3200 21fb94c9058 tab
              3⤵
                PID:4004
              • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel="3440.3.1045800079\542778647" -childID 2 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 3600 -prefMapHandle 3596 -prefsLen 26066 -prefMapSize 233444 -jsInitHandle 1412 -jsInitLen 246848 -a11yResourceId 64 -parentBuildID 20221007134813 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {4385048a-bb3f-4685-8147-5c741a1a0988} 3440 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.3440" 3612 21fba253c58 tab
                3⤵
                  PID:4092
                • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                  "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel="3440.4.722680212\1273489673" -childID 3 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 1696 -prefMapHandle 1692 -prefsLen 26125 -prefMapSize 233444 -jsInitHandle 1412 -jsInitLen 246848 -a11yResourceId 64 -parentBuildID 20221007134813 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {2c851e52-bec9-45bb-98d7-479c100306ad} 3440 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.3440" 4008 21fba5abb58 tab
                  3⤵
                    PID:1020
                  • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                    "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel="3440.7.1482760784\425015657" -childID 6 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5512 -prefMapHandle 5516 -prefsLen 26125 -prefMapSize 233444 -jsInitHandle 1412 -jsInitLen 246848 -a11yResourceId 64 -parentBuildID 20221007134813 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {d4de2001-c8e7-46ba-833a-d2472663f3f2} 3440 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.3440" 5280 21fbbfbdb58 tab
                    3⤵
                      PID:4920
                    • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                      "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel="3440.6.1855018186\1998395618" -childID 5 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5304 -prefMapHandle 5308 -prefsLen 26125 -prefMapSize 233444 -jsInitHandle 1412 -jsInitLen 246848 -a11yResourceId 64 -parentBuildID 20221007134813 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {bfa4a39a-8bcb-49dd-b5c6-f634593d3687} 3440 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.3440" 5296 21fbb9f8b58 tab
                      3⤵
                        PID:4992
                      • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                        "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel="3440.5.278971671\1883712954" -childID 4 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5152 -prefMapHandle 5148 -prefsLen 26125 -prefMapSize 233444 -jsInitHandle 1412 -jsInitLen 246848 -a11yResourceId 64 -parentBuildID 20221007134813 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {dd7179b4-2d57-44f1-89c1-4325a6c4c5f5} 3440 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.3440" 5164 21fbb9fa658 tab
                        3⤵
                          PID:1856
                        • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                          "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel="3440.8.53344384\585563170" -childID 7 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 6068 -prefMapHandle 6072 -prefsLen 26206 -prefMapSize 233444 -jsInitHandle 1412 -jsInitLen 246848 -a11yResourceId 64 -parentBuildID 20221007134813 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {692a2789-0f0c-4293-a4d4-06bac47a07d8} 3440 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.3440" 6052 21fbda60658 tab
                          3⤵
                            PID:5732

                      Network

                            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                            Downloads

                            Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.exe

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zO87F03877\Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.exe
                            • Size 13.7MB
                            • SHA256 88bce5f3b9cf213da8786da557f9d3615e92e1b459f9dcc83407ea26ae2e4fd0
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.exe

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zO87F03877\Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.exe
                            • Size 22.9MB
                            • SHA256 cfe9c82b0422bca851da49be30ed4cca1746371ab6828a70f7e760dfc7daef3d
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.exe

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zO87F03877\Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.exe
                            • Size 40.3MB
                            • SHA256 766b1c98fdad2a5214ad0e9ecd9b051e13e8e15c7676830d69816c0b8b4b98d4
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            BASS.dll

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-1TMAJ.tmp\BASS.dll
                            • Size 109KB
                            • SHA256 9ac13f9bc5564fd8a1eab5f7c945dce1c27940dd63a913108eac64481ddde6af
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            English.ini

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-1TMAJ.tmp\English.ini
                            • Size 20KB
                            • SHA256 c15e8ce6fe9cbf5ff30d3002619a55774f8c6198678cf6da26c6768f2a56b6fa
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            crc32c.dll

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-1TMAJ.tmp\crc32c.dll
                            • Size 30KB
                            • SHA256 f82e3de7d8d9a400e9d54348909a9ffa64a609d1644161ee40f7ae53c79215ff
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            innocallback.dll

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-1TMAJ.tmp\innocallback.dll
                            • Size 63KB
                            • SHA256 6afa2d104be6efe3d9a2ab96dbb75db31565dad64dd0b791e402ecc25529809f
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            isproc.dll

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-1TMAJ.tmp\isproc.dll
                            • Size 16KB
                            • SHA256 7f74f1c445bf5e9456aae6fae695a8ca60e1d0eb5a2f44ac2cf0239a71f1a8a1
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            wintb.dll

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-1TMAJ.tmp\wintb.dll
                            • Size 16KB
                            • SHA256 1910537aa95684142250ca0c7426a0b5f082e39f6fbdbdba649aecb179541435
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.tmp

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-APU87.tmp\Palworld 0.1.3.0 Hotfix to 0.1.4.0.tmp
                            • Size 1.2MB
                            • SHA256 648ac396838721a39226ab390bce79ab899092c86a72f268e8bf1a0ca5959696
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            data.safe.bin

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qmjs2eet.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.bin
                            • Size 2KB
                            • SHA256 da64b64669136067f0e66499fde8ab8cfb6ed4a87c69d4004b32e6717c113b6f
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                            2270c897-9c84-48b3-8b2c-6fd9d47eb530

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qmjs2eet.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\2270c897-9c84-48b3-8b2c-6fd9d47eb530
                            • Size 11KB
                            • SHA256 4e65546a95e75ebe10f003e45cb6dc4976285af844628cad6d437613897c97d1
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            fd13cff5-e400-4a80-88bd-5756d841ab99

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qmjs2eet.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\fd13cff5-e400-4a80-88bd-5756d841ab99
                            • Size 746B
                            • SHA256 8cb5c876d63c1de39079fbb08569adb60f6a14bd5f6c1b90172a451cd5a41cf3
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                            prefs-1.js

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qmjs2eet.default-release\prefs-1.js
                            • Size 6KB
                            • SHA256 f9b17f224c4c7b642400f99a7c56391b2f90d2a8a3f57fa06fb8286a7496df61
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            recovery.jsonlz4

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qmjs2eet.default-release\sessionstore-backups\recovery.jsonlz4
                            • Size 3KB
                            • SHA256 c31ae7475ec767cc54b3878a274a3ff710a51393e49897c2febd76ebb0136147
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                            recovery.jsonlz4

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qmjs2eet.default-release\sessionstore-backups\recovery.jsonlz4
                            • Size 4KB
                            • SHA256 23e3b26ebbf8f18cc5ee1f4a3df4e1e30788818b1e237892b84ae1d09646100c
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            sessionstore.jsonlz4

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qmjs2eet.default-release\sessionstore.jsonlz4
                            • Size 4KB
                            • SHA256 2a4f75b32d892322672bd5c495916ccc53b24edda913178ca612b1f35b79d58b
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.sqlite

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qmjs2eet.default-release\storage\permanent\chrome\idb\3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.sqlite
                            • Size 184KB
                            • SHA256 0f6071680b5ae73da8aea24fecb3bcb3b8a06f47354bd502b6eaaeab199f0677
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            memory/3472-71-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3472-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3472-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-224-0x00007FF816050000-0x00007FF816071000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-211-0x00007FF8162D0000-0x00007FF816300000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-206-0x00007FF816380000-0x00007FF816391000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-207-0x00007FF816360000-0x00007FF816371000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-208-0x00007FF816340000-0x00007FF81635B000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-210-0x00007FF816300000-0x00007FF816318000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-186-0x00007FF818B10000-0x00007FF818B44000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-185-0x00007FF615BE0000-0x00007FF615CD8000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-187-0x00007FF817780000-0x00007FF817A34000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-189-0x00007FF8290B0000-0x00007FF8290C7000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-190-0x00007FF828F40000-0x00007FF828F51000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-191-0x00007FF817760000-0x00007FF817777000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-193-0x00007FF817720000-0x00007FF81773D000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-194-0x00007FF817700000-0x00007FF817711000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-192-0x00007FF817740000-0x00007FF817751000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-195-0x00007FF817500000-0x00007FF817700000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-188-0x00007FF82CB60000-0x00007FF82CB78000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-201-0x00007FF816410000-0x00007FF81644F000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-196-0x00007FF816450000-0x00007FF8174FB000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-202-0x00007FF8163E0000-0x00007FF816401000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-203-0x00007FF8163C0000-0x00007FF8163D8000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-204-0x00007FF8163A0000-0x00007FF8163B1000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-209-0x00007FF816320000-0x00007FF816331000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-217-0x00007FF816170000-0x00007FF8161C6000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-215-0x00007FF8161F0000-0x00007FF81625F000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-226-0x00007FF816010000-0x00007FF816022000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-225-0x00007FF816030000-0x00007FF816043000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-229-0x00007FF815CE0000-0x00007FF815E92000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-228-0x00007FF815EA0000-0x00007FF815ECC000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-227-0x00007FF815ED0000-0x00007FF81600B000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-218-0x00007FF816140000-0x00007FF816168000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-223-0x00007FF816080000-0x00007FF816092000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-222-0x00007FF8160A0000-0x00007FF8160B1000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-221-0x00007FF8160C0000-0x00007FF8160E3000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-220-0x00007FF8160F0000-0x00007FF816107000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-219-0x00007FF816110000-0x00007FF816134000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-216-0x00007FF8161D0000-0x00007FF8161E1000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3500-213-0x00007FF816260000-0x00007FF8162C7000-memory.dmp

                            memory/5088-72-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000053B000-memory.dmp

                            memory/5088-83-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000711000-memory.dmp

                            memory/5088-73-0x000000006B080000-0x000000006B08D000-memory.dmp

                            memory/5088-74-0x0000000003200000-0x0000000003215000-memory.dmp

                            memory/5088-76-0x0000000003340000-0x000000000334A000-memory.dmp

                            memory/5088-75-0x0000000003320000-0x0000000003331000-memory.dmp

                            memory/5088-39-0x0000000003320000-0x0000000003331000-memory.dmp

                            memory/5088-32-0x0000000074080000-0x00000000740D0000-memory.dmp

                            memory/5088-27-0x0000000003200000-0x0000000003215000-memory.dmp

                            memory/5088-18-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000711000-memory.dmp