Analysis

  • max time kernel
    93s
  • max time network
    113s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240226-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    27/02/2024, 11:26

General

  • Target
    SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe
  • Size 1.7MB
  • Sample240227-nj2b1sfd96
  • SHA256 56df66ed0f0b1af511e3b84ae5615a6712c4dad3c00dda2b4cdd10705d161178
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 2 IoCs
  • Possible privilege escalation attempt 7 IoCs
  • Sets file execution options in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 7 IoCs
  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 8 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Kills process with taskkill 3 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 62 IoCs
  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4944
    • C:\Program Files\AIOC5\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe
      "C:\Program Files\AIOC5\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe" "/StartPath:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4700
      • C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe" /F /IM Record.exe /T
        3⤵
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:804
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C ICACLS "C:\Program Files\AIOC5" /grant:r Everyone:(OI)(CI)(F)
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3536
        • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
          ICACLS "C:\Program Files\AIOC5" /grant:r Everyone:(OI)(CI)(F)
          4⤵
          • Possible privilege escalation attempt
          • Modifies file permissions
          PID:3908
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C DEL /F aioc*_offline.exe
        3⤵
          PID:3544
        • C:\Program Files\AIOC5\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe
          "C:\Program Files\AIOC5\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe" "/StartPath:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe"
          3⤵
          • Sets file execution options in registry
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2052
          • C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe" /F /IM Record.exe /T
            4⤵
            • Kills process with taskkill
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2476
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C ICACLS "C:\Program Files\AIOC5" /grant:r Everyone:(OI)(CI)(F)
            4⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2160
            • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
              ICACLS "C:\Program Files\AIOC5" /grant:r Everyone:(OI)(CI)(F)
              5⤵
              • Possible privilege escalation attempt
              • Modifies file permissions
              PID:3528
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C DEL /F aioc*_offline.exe
            4⤵
              PID:1576
            • C:\Program Files\AIOC5\PrimaryScreen.exe
              "PrimaryScreen.exe" ScaleX
              4⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              PID:3268
            • C:\Program Files\AIOC5\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe
              "C:\Program Files\AIOC5\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe" "/StartPath:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe"
              4⤵
              • Drops file in Drivers directory
              • Checks computer location settings
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2516
              • C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe" /F /IM Record.exe /T
                5⤵
                • Kills process with taskkill
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:5064
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C ICACLS "C:\Program Files\AIOC5" /grant:r Everyone:(OI)(CI)(F)
                5⤵
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:3660
                • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
                  ICACLS "C:\Program Files\AIOC5" /grant:r Everyone:(OI)(CI)(F)
                  6⤵
                  • Possible privilege escalation attempt
                  • Modifies file permissions
                  PID:2772
              • C:\Program Files\AIOC5\PrimaryScreen.exe
                "PrimaryScreen.exe" ScaleX
                5⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                PID:2820
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C DEL /F aioc*_offline.exe
                5⤵
                  PID:3468
                • C:\Program Files\AIOC5\PrimaryScreen.exe
                  "PrimaryScreen.exe" WorkingArea
                  5⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  PID:4632
                • C:\Program Files\AIOC5\PrimaryScreen.exe
                  "PrimaryScreen.exe" desktop
                  5⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  PID:1844
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C TAKEOWN /F "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc" /R /D Y
                  5⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4944
                  • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
                    TAKEOWN /F "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc" /R /D Y
                    6⤵
                    • Possible privilege escalation attempt
                    • Modifies file permissions
                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                    PID:3164
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C ICACLS "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc" /grant:r Everyone:(OI)(CI)(F)
                  5⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4352
                  • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
                    ICACLS "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc" /grant:r Everyone:(OI)(CI)(F)
                    6⤵
                    • Possible privilege escalation attempt
                    • Modifies file permissions
                    PID:208
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C TAKEOWN /F "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts"
                  5⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:3180
                  • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
                    TAKEOWN /F "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts"
                    6⤵
                    • Possible privilege escalation attempt
                    • Modifies file permissions
                    PID:4804
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C ICACLS "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" /grant:r Everyone:(F)
                  5⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:3336
                  • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
                    ICACLS "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" /grant:r Everyone:(F)
                    6⤵
                    • Possible privilege escalation attempt
                    • Modifies file permissions
                    PID:5024
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C ATTRIB -R -H -S "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" /S /D /L
                  5⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4900
                  • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
                    ATTRIB -R -H -S "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" /S /D /L
                    6⤵
                    • Drops file in Drivers directory
                    • Views/modifies file attributes
                    PID:4108
                • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\CMD.exe
                  "CMD" /C ping -n 2 -w 500 223.5.5.5
                  5⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:3424
                  • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                    ping -n 2 -w 500 223.5.5.5
                    6⤵
                    • Runs ping.exe
                    PID:3528

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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              Downloads

              Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

              • Path C:\Program Files\AIOC5\Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
              • Size 625KB
              • SHA256 331d92c3b63cfd12729869ecf4c2c05c09cf5d9a73842be74e73ccfb3030af91
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              Newtonsoft.Json.dll

              • Path C:\Program Files\AIOC5\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
              • Size 528KB
              • SHA256 ea7fd75e2bb069699d4da09f3601d70ca8e401f58949178cdbf2c5928720daa1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              PrimaryScreen.exe

              • Path C:\Program Files\AIOC5\PrimaryScreen.exe
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 1b1cae292192170ce99cf3edbbdd96297555ad4e5332d7acc7fa19d20383d78e
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe

              • Path C:\Program Files\AIOC5\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe
              • Size 768KB
              • SHA256 0fc49c910dcb7c67ff2b63bf297ee086bcd912c39dadbb47970d477edfa6f9a6
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe

              • Path C:\Program Files\AIOC5\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe
              • Size 1.7MB
              • SHA256 56df66ed0f0b1af511e3b84ae5615a6712c4dad3c00dda2b4cdd10705d161178
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe.config

              • Path C:\Program Files\AIOC5\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe.config
              • Size 329B
              • SHA256 d40f60f89d6a013fa9c4c227b9c4458a8af1496c89f5a95416be12ba5b4abf94
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              System.Deployment.dll

              • Path C:\Program Files\AIOC5\System.Deployment.dll
              • Size 1.5MB
              • SHA256 6394ad2ac77880208204a6848284b57015996128cdd201b9bebcbf6a1625bdea
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              System.Xml.Linq.dll

              • Path C:\Program Files\AIOC5\System.Xml.Linq.dll
              • Size 160KB
              • SHA256 63f19666fc512483899f265d8ff1c337291f5c61709edab5b975aa7cefb912f2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              PrimaryScreen.exe.log

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\PrimaryScreen.exe.log
              • Size 434B
              • SHA256 c66fe4787c6333e4e0759b3f041fea3c5abff4cebe577679308b5d09e284bc4f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe.log

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Strictor.285707.29718.exe.log
              • Size 859B
              • SHA256 087cf6355ae9fc71eea2493b30c6b10a6775f3dd68b2cb5e07fcc13461b74248
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              memory/1844-60-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/1844-52-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/2052-44-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/2052-29-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/2052-36-0x000000001BA60000-0x000000001BA70000-memory.dmp

              memory/2516-45-0x000000001AFD0000-0x000000001AFE0000-memory.dmp

              memory/2516-58-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/2516-61-0x000000001AFD0000-0x000000001AFE0000-memory.dmp

              memory/2516-54-0x0000000021F40000-0x0000000021FCA000-memory.dmp

              memory/2516-53-0x000000001AFD0000-0x000000001AFE0000-memory.dmp

              memory/2516-43-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/2820-48-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/3268-39-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/3268-38-0x0000000000840000-0x0000000000848000-memory.dmp

              memory/3268-41-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/4632-50-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/4632-59-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/4700-30-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/4700-19-0x000000001B980000-0x000000001BCD6000-memory.dmp

              memory/4700-18-0x000000001B970000-0x000000001B980000-memory.dmp

              memory/4700-17-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/4700-26-0x000000001C590000-0x000000001C716000-memory.dmp

              memory/4944-0-0x00000000001A0000-0x000000000035A000-memory.dmp

              memory/4944-16-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp

              memory/4944-2-0x000000001B0D0000-0x000000001B0E0000-memory.dmp

              memory/4944-1-0x00007FF832910000-0x00007FF8333D1000-memory.dmp