Analysis

  • max time kernel
    91s
  • max time network
    98s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240226-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    01/03/2024, 00:00

General

  • Target
    winact.bat
  • Size 954KB
  • Sample240301-aaaaaagb4w
  • SHA256 6626cdbc6e4f16638523acfb157386e1294df9829d6b124e385a487c2dcfad90
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Possible privilege escalation attempt 3 IoCs
  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winact.bat"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4112
    • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
      takeown /F C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe
      2⤵
      • Possible privilege escalation attempt
      • Modifies file permissions
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4952
    • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
      icacls C:\Windows\System32 /grant administrators:F /T
      2⤵
      • Possible privilege escalation attempt
      • Modifies file permissions
      PID:1888
    • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
      icacls C:\Windows\System32\spp /grant administrators:F /T
      2⤵
      • Possible privilege escalation attempt
      • Modifies file permissions
      PID:2888
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -c $acl = Get-Acl 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform'; $rule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.RegistryAccessRule ('NT Service\sppsvc','FullControl','ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit','None','Allow'); $acl.SetAccessRule($rule); Set-Acl -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform' -AclObject $acl
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1396
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -c $acl = Get-Acl 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SPP'; $rule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.RegistryAccessRule ('NT Service\sppsvc','FullControl','ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit','None','Allow'); $acl.SetAccessRule($rule); Set-Acl -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SPP' -AclObject $acl
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4700
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -c $acl = Get-Acl 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SPPSVC'; $rule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.RegistryAccessRule ('NT Service\sppsvc','FullControl','ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit','None','Allow'); $acl.SetAccessRule($rule); Set-Acl -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SPPSVC' -AclObject $acl
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2992
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -c $acl = Get-Acl 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\WPA'; $rule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.RegistryAccessRule ('NT Service\sppsvc','FullControl','ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit','None','Allow'); $acl.SetAccessRule($rule); Set-Acl -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\WPA' -AclObject $acl
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1344
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -c $acl = Get-Acl 'C:\Windows\System32'; $rule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule ('NT Service\sppsvc','FullControl','ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit','None','Allow'); $acl.SetAccessRule($rule); Set-Acl -Path 'C:\Windows\System32' -AclObject $acl
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3084
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:1544

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          powershell.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 5054cd4d79ca09e90169cdaee05c1e3dfc5d6fa1ad1275e11fd094521fed3fb8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 395e9885ff8593eb2002301c85919f0aadf6af6fa42b2cb78441e1e926e575a9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 2af624a2765ef3e28d52862732c34c0f1e0947ca0ea0a1151edd898829577088
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 1ff2581cf8e69f3ce057ebf7ef736746fc35ee87fbd15baf7846911d97ecfebd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 7f4f3fad38e34c5d655f3017530ca5a62eab4a3bda033db9a240567b1869deec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_4eljoejr.hb0.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_4eljoejr.hb0.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/1344-60-0x00007FFE7D3A0000-0x00007FFE7DE61000-memory.dmp

          memory/1344-56-0x00000212F61A0000-0x00000212F61B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1344-46-0x00007FFE7D3A0000-0x00007FFE7DE61000-memory.dmp

          memory/1344-58-0x00000212F61A0000-0x00000212F61B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1396-12-0x00000244EB2B0000-0x00000244EB2C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1396-15-0x00007FFE7D3A0000-0x00007FFE7DE61000-memory.dmp

          memory/1396-11-0x00000244EB2B0000-0x00000244EB2C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1396-10-0x00007FFE7D3A0000-0x00007FFE7DE61000-memory.dmp

          memory/1396-9-0x00000244EB250000-0x00000244EB272000-memory.dmp

          memory/2992-42-0x00007FFE7D3A0000-0x00007FFE7DE61000-memory.dmp

          memory/2992-43-0x0000019FFCE30000-0x0000019FFCE40000-memory.dmp

          memory/2992-45-0x00007FFE7D3A0000-0x00007FFE7DE61000-memory.dmp

          memory/3084-72-0x00000180F47F0000-0x00000180F4800000-memory.dmp

          memory/3084-70-0x00007FFE7D3A0000-0x00007FFE7DE61000-memory.dmp

          memory/3084-73-0x00007FFE7D3A0000-0x00007FFE7DE61000-memory.dmp

          memory/3084-74-0x00000180F47F0000-0x00000180F4800000-memory.dmp

          memory/3084-75-0x00000180F47F0000-0x00000180F4800000-memory.dmp

          memory/3084-77-0x00007FFE7D3A0000-0x00007FFE7DE61000-memory.dmp

          memory/4700-31-0x00007FFE7D3A0000-0x00007FFE7DE61000-memory.dmp

          memory/4700-29-0x0000018857B30000-0x0000018857B40000-memory.dmp

          memory/4700-28-0x0000018857B30000-0x0000018857B40000-memory.dmp

          memory/4700-22-0x00007FFE7D3A0000-0x00007FFE7DE61000-memory.dmp