Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240226-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    04/03/2024, 22:29

General

  • Target
    b34206561c1c956fb55bf38933f192e5.exe
  • Size 113KB
  • Sample240304-2eet4sfd6x
  • SHA256 e1bd8014416249633ac7d3474adc18599e42ec6f443d100d299cb817634775a5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Possible privilege escalation attempt 4 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 2 IoCs
  • Kills process with taskkill 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b34206561c1c956fb55bf38933f192e5.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b34206561c1c956fb55bf38933f192e5.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2760
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8BD5.tmp\METRO.cmd" "
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3352
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8BD5.tmp\splash.exe
        splash.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:3096
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\takeown.exe
        takeown /a /f C:\Windows\System32\shsxs.dll
        3⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1588
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\takeown.exe
        takeown /a /f C:\Windows\SysWOW64\shsxs.dll
        3⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:868
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\icacls.exe
        ICACLS C:\Windows\System32\shsxs.dll /Grant Administrators:F
        3⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:3540
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\icacls.exe
        ICACLS C:\Windows\SysWOW64\shsxs.dll /Grant Administrators:F
        3⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:5052
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout /t 1
        3⤵
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:4580
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout /t 1
        3⤵
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:3584
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im TM.exe
        3⤵
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5028
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im splash.exe
        3⤵
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4920

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        METRO.cmd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8BD5.tmp\METRO.cmd
        • Size 658B
        • SHA256 b5a16ed052749af003a8127dcd240d69d56df4f430152ea4b40d45c2ac60fea7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        splash.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8BD5.tmp\splash.exe
        • Size 32KB
        • SHA256 5e03f20b55f186ab0e22a7c3378399e90a89919fd12dc1410f90f83fbd002781
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/2760-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-12-0x0000000005740000-0x00000000057DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-14-0x0000000005D90000-0x0000000006334000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-15-0x0000000005880000-0x0000000005912000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-16-0x0000000005A00000-0x0000000005A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-17-0x00000000057E0000-0x00000000057EA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-18-0x0000000005920000-0x0000000005976000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-13-0x0000000073980000-0x0000000074130000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-20-0x0000000073980000-0x0000000074130000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-11-0x0000000000D40000-0x0000000000D50000-memory.dmp