Analysis

  • max time kernel
    144s
  • max time network
    162s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240226-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    02/03/2024, 14:06

General

  • Target
    9A495517949AA4F4112EDA7460B6903C.exe
  • Size 1.9MB
  • Sample240302-ret9paed66
  • SHA256 137f811a64808946b6f03fa54450fa9a4fe77eacfb7afa39f0a1a7a1ce659a60
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detect ZGRat V1 2 IoCs
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 18 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • ZGRat

    ZGRat is remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 12 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 18 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 27 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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9A495517949AA4F4112EDA7460B6903C.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9A495517949AA4F4112EDA7460B6903C.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4464
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PortProvider\DzCwpCkJdr4koY7MC7MVjsek9PHrJLIJ9gAk8e9Xk.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4580
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PortProvider\BUCYdXdBqjiHoqAbv0mbdlZThQaACdO5DnnKmo2kaGCknouSO.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1932
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
          reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
          4⤵
          • Modifies registry key
          PID:2848
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PortProvider\blockprovidercomponentreview.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PortProvider/blockprovidercomponentreview.exe"
          4⤵
          • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1752
          • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
            "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\skcsbgrw\skcsbgrw.cmdline"
            5⤵
            • Drops file in Program Files directory
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4852
            • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
              C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES773E.tmp" "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\CSC504E6862626F4F48A68FF246F69957AA.TMP"
              6⤵
                PID:3336
            • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
              "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\k2mu3e3e\k2mu3e3e.cmdline"
              5⤵
              • Drops file in System32 directory
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:3696
              • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
                C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES7848.tmp" "c:\Windows\System32\CSC81D87F998C47D3946734921F3C4EA1.TMP"
                6⤵
                  PID:3952
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bseJIQx2C3.bat"
                5⤵
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:3732
                • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                  chcp 65001
                  6⤵
                    PID:4320
                  • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                    ping -n 10 localhost
                    6⤵
                    • Runs ping.exe
                    PID:4440
                  • C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\services.exe
                    "C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\services.exe"
                    6⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                    PID:2292
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4048 --field-trial-handle=2292,i,2103142837140538807,15881446839139365070,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8
          1⤵
            PID:4556
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\services.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:4440
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:3272
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:4036
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchAppS" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SearchApp.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:2300
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchApp" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SearchApp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:2296
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchAppS" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SearchApp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:2916
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:1876
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:4576
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:2484
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\explorer.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:3304
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:1700
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:3956
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "blockprovidercomponentreviewb" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Mozilla-1de4eec8-1241-4177-a864-e594e8d1fb38\updates\308046B0AF4A39CB\blockprovidercomponentreview.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:2276
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "blockprovidercomponentreview" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Mozilla-1de4eec8-1241-4177-a864-e594e8d1fb38\updates\308046B0AF4A39CB\blockprovidercomponentreview.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:1768
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "blockprovidercomponentreviewb" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Mozilla-1de4eec8-1241-4177-a864-e594e8d1fb38\updates\308046B0AF4A39CB\blockprovidercomponentreview.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:2304
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "blockprovidercomponentreviewb" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PortProvider\blockprovidercomponentreview.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:3280
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "blockprovidercomponentreview" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PortProvider\blockprovidercomponentreview.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:4772
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "blockprovidercomponentreviewb" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PortProvider\blockprovidercomponentreview.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:1460

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                Downloads

                RES773E.tmp

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES773E.tmp
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 ca646855909866aa26936e34a74e9d2ec1cf5f4b6d03a51d9e1cce43df863e99
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                RES7848.tmp

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES7848.tmp
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 1ea4bab44cf15754ea0458796a56cfa047b5f34e8cb6bc2dc6849b48eb820e34
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                bseJIQx2C3.bat

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bseJIQx2C3.bat
                • Size 179B
                • SHA256 2227a7c183ce5ff510d13d5a6e6aa22880c9c7fa028a9d6d010f7f86c6fe9736
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                BUCYdXdBqjiHoqAbv0mbdlZThQaACdO5DnnKmo2kaGCknouSO.bat

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PortProvider\BUCYdXdBqjiHoqAbv0mbdlZThQaACdO5DnnKmo2kaGCknouSO.bat
                • Size 199B
                • SHA256 fcd1252465f440248ccf4375f9f27c79d44a9f096e732ce39e63a6b7260c6bc8
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                DzCwpCkJdr4koY7MC7MVjsek9PHrJLIJ9gAk8e9Xk.vbe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PortProvider\DzCwpCkJdr4koY7MC7MVjsek9PHrJLIJ9gAk8e9Xk.vbe
                • Size 247B
                • SHA256 69bfc93ec86b53320016e735c354f7f06666d30598c05fb40d0589b29a9b88ee
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                blockprovidercomponentreview.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PortProvider\blockprovidercomponentreview.exe
                • Size 1.6MB
                • SHA256 1fee0ec11b24c8382c5e53e7bbb469f9226d06e84600d3d6ef8c890b3aa09438
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                CSC504E6862626F4F48A68FF246F69957AA.TMP

                • Path \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\CSC504E6862626F4F48A68FF246F69957AA.TMP
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 e1984ba1e3ff8b071f7a320a6f1f18e1d5f4f337d31dc30d5bdfb021df39060f
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                k2mu3e3e.0.cs

                • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\k2mu3e3e\k2mu3e3e.0.cs
                • Size 383B
                • SHA256 e9dc8440439aed76b77e98a599a668186afa1197d2996d96bdef9916331c8a3d
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                k2mu3e3e.cmdline

                • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\k2mu3e3e\k2mu3e3e.cmdline
                • Size 235B
                • SHA256 519ea8b83c4f335c0146684e115a1d345e36df0f7c77d593a2cf85ef48511bf5
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                skcsbgrw.0.cs

                • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\skcsbgrw\skcsbgrw.0.cs
                • Size 413B
                • SHA256 63da2615fe5d7370d139a9e9b98e0634f95fc1e5970da820ebe5cd5c765c31dc
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                skcsbgrw.cmdline

                • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\skcsbgrw\skcsbgrw.cmdline
                • Size 265B
                • SHA256 4efee621d10f48d77ed5c8599a0a0fc55264d25205cc6424c0034b5f22be62fc
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                CSC81D87F998C47D3946734921F3C4EA1.TMP

                • Path \??\c:\Windows\System32\CSC81D87F998C47D3946734921F3C4EA1.TMP
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 1bf68148c555d0e84720c497dcf3ad708da300ee7472df12c9307a3acd4abde1
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                memory/1752-16-0x000000001B3B0000-0x000000001B3C0000-memory.dmp

                memory/1752-64-0x00007FFE92F50000-0x00007FFE93A11000-memory.dmp

                memory/1752-20-0x00007FFEB17F0000-0x00007FFEB17F1000-memory.dmp

                memory/1752-19-0x00007FFEB1800000-0x00007FFEB18BE000-memory.dmp

                memory/1752-18-0x0000000000F50000-0x0000000000F5E000-memory.dmp

                memory/1752-15-0x0000000000F10000-0x0000000000F11000-memory.dmp

                memory/1752-14-0x000000001B3B0000-0x000000001B3C0000-memory.dmp

                memory/1752-13-0x00007FFE92F50000-0x00007FFE93A11000-memory.dmp

                memory/1752-12-0x00000000005D0000-0x0000000000772000-memory.dmp

                memory/1752-21-0x00007FFEB1800000-0x00007FFEB18BE000-memory.dmp

                memory/1752-65-0x00007FFEB1800000-0x00007FFEB18BE000-memory.dmp

                memory/2292-69-0x00007FFE92F50000-0x00007FFE93A11000-memory.dmp

                memory/2292-70-0x000000001ADD0000-0x000000001ADD1000-memory.dmp

                memory/2292-72-0x00007FFEB1800000-0x00007FFEB18BE000-memory.dmp

                memory/2292-73-0x00007FFEB17F0000-0x00007FFEB17F1000-memory.dmp

                memory/2292-74-0x00007FFEB1800000-0x00007FFEB18BE000-memory.dmp

                memory/2292-75-0x00007FFE92F50000-0x00007FFE93A11000-memory.dmp

                memory/2292-76-0x00007FFEB1800000-0x00007FFEB18BE000-memory.dmp