Malware Analysis Report

2025-08-11 01:06

Sample ID 240302-t268waeh9x
Target Horizon.exe
SHA256 203c8548afcd7927e3a41650b6dc5a40a472f7ffd24ea6f2a29a34653f005351
Tags
themida evasion persistence trojan
score
9/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
9/10

SHA256

203c8548afcd7927e3a41650b6dc5a40a472f7ffd24ea6f2a29a34653f005351

Threat Level: Likely malicious

The file Horizon.exe was found to be: Likely malicious.

Malicious Activity Summary

themida evasion persistence trojan

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

Sets service image path in registry

Themida packer

Checks BIOS information in registry

Checks whether UAC is enabled

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

Unsigned PE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-03-02 16:34

Signatures

Themida packer

themida
Description Indicator Process Target
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Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
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Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-03-02 16:34

Reported

2024-03-02 16:37

Platform

win7-20240221-en

Max time kernel

142s

Max time network

125s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe"

Signatures

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A

Sets service image path in registry

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\frAQBc8Wsa1xVPfv\ImagePath = "\\??\\C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\frAQBc8Wsa1xVPfv" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A

Checks BIOS information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A

Themida packer

themida
Description Indicator Process Target
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Checks whether UAC is enabled

evasion trojan
Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe"

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c color B

C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe

C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 1636 -s 192

Network

N/A

Files

memory/1636-0-0x000000013F9A0000-0x0000000140391000-memory.dmp

memory/1636-1-0x0000000077770000-0x0000000077919000-memory.dmp

memory/1636-2-0x000000013F9A0000-0x0000000140391000-memory.dmp

memory/1636-3-0x000000013F9A0000-0x0000000140391000-memory.dmp

memory/1636-4-0x000000013F9A0000-0x0000000140391000-memory.dmp

memory/1636-5-0x000000013F9A0000-0x0000000140391000-memory.dmp

memory/1636-6-0x000000013F9A0000-0x0000000140391000-memory.dmp

memory/1636-8-0x00000000026C0000-0x0000000002CA8000-memory.dmp

memory/1636-9-0x000000013F9A0000-0x0000000140391000-memory.dmp

memory/1636-11-0x0000000077770000-0x0000000077919000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-03-02 16:34

Reported

2024-03-02 16:37

Platform

win10v2004-20240226-en

Max time kernel

93s

Max time network

113s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe"

Signatures

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A

Sets service image path in registry

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\frAQBc8Wsa1xVPfv\ImagePath = "\\??\\C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\frAQBc8Wsa1xVPfv" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A

Checks BIOS information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A

Themida packer

themida
Description Indicator Process Target
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Checks whether UAC is enabled

evasion trojan
Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 4536 wrote to memory of 3012 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 4536 wrote to memory of 3012 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Horizon.exe"

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c color B

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 147.177.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 240.221.184.93.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 g.bing.com udp
US 204.79.197.200:443 g.bing.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 9.228.82.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 178.223.142.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 200.197.79.204.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 41.110.16.96.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 55.36.223.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 183.59.114.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 18.31.95.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 217.135.221.88.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 30.243.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/4536-0-0x00007FF72FEE0000-0x00007FF7308D1000-memory.dmp

memory/4536-1-0x00007FFFBFAF0000-0x00007FFFBFCE5000-memory.dmp

memory/4536-2-0x00007FF72FEE0000-0x00007FF7308D1000-memory.dmp

memory/4536-3-0x00007FF72FEE0000-0x00007FF7308D1000-memory.dmp

memory/4536-4-0x00007FF72FEE0000-0x00007FF7308D1000-memory.dmp

memory/4536-5-0x00007FF72FEE0000-0x00007FF7308D1000-memory.dmp

memory/4536-6-0x00007FF72FEE0000-0x00007FF7308D1000-memory.dmp

memory/4536-8-0x00007FF72FEE0000-0x00007FF7308D1000-memory.dmp

memory/4536-9-0x00007FFFBFAF0000-0x00007FFFBFCE5000-memory.dmp