bd93a5c9004d83ffce8ba62ccd5c84cd730aaba7374e30c4dd9ecf0ae2064dee

General

Target

ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
Size

156KB
MD5

ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f
SHA1

86b8d8f38694836e626bebc0f38f409dde272ebe
SHA256

bd93a5c9004d83ffce8ba62ccd5c84cd730aaba7374e30c4dd9ecf0ae2064dee
SHA512

a7d1af49fd967e49816b492e3cfd9cd2ed0f309464df35a325cbc3ba84a3c013ca625be63980d722668e1d1b7f921fa61a2535c4f8d091ed5ed31e8a9e1532df
SSDEEP

3072:vAl50czSf2PEpfI9ZfEoA2Rz1IC1eo9O9:vAU1eomZpWueoE

Score

7^/10

persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

Processes:

Hiqfqm.exeHiqfqm.exe

pid process

1572 Hiqfqm.exe
1260 Hiqfqm.exe

pid	process
1572	Hiqfqm.exe
1260	Hiqfqm.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Hiqfqm = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Hiqfqm.exe"	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

Processes:

ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exeHiqfqm.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1080 set thread context of 3372	1080	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
PID 1572 set thread context of 1260	1572	Hiqfqm.exe	Hiqfqm.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 32 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

IEXPLORE.EXEIEXPLORE.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "417370533"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31094716"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "3677988359"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31094716"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{0179F679-E3B0-11EE-BD28-527BFEDB591A} = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31094716"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31094716"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU\AdapterInfo = "vendorId=\"0x10de\",deviceID=\"0x8c\",subSysID=\"0x0\",revision=\"0x0\",version=\"10.0.19041.546\"hypervisor=\"No Hypervisor (No SLAT)\""	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "3597206789"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "3677988359"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1497073144-2389943819-3385106915-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "3597206789"	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe

pid process

3372 ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
3372 ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

Hiqfqm.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1260 Hiqfqm.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4320 IEXPLORE.EXE
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

IEXPLORE.EXE

pid process

3172 IEXPLORE.EXE

pid	process
3372	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
3372	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1260	Hiqfqm.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4320	IEXPLORE.EXE

pid	process
3172	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs

Processes:

ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exeHiqfqm.exeIEXPLORE.EXEIEXPLORE.EXE

pid	process
1080	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
1572	Hiqfqm.exe
3172	IEXPLORE.EXE
3172	IEXPLORE.EXE
4320	IEXPLORE.EXE
4320	IEXPLORE.EXE
4320	IEXPLORE.EXE
4320	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 31 IoCs

Processes:

ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exece7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exeHiqfqm.exeHiqfqm.exeiexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 3372	1080	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 3372	1080	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 3372	1080	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 3372	1080	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 3372	1080	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 3372	1080	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 3372	1080	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 3372	1080	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
PID 1080 wrote to memory of 3372	1080	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 1572	3372	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe	Hiqfqm.exe
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 1572	3372	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe	Hiqfqm.exe
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 1572	3372	ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe	Hiqfqm.exe
PID 1572 wrote to memory of 1260	1572	Hiqfqm.exe	Hiqfqm.exe
PID 1572 wrote to memory of 1260	1572	Hiqfqm.exe	Hiqfqm.exe
PID 1572 wrote to memory of 1260	1572	Hiqfqm.exe	Hiqfqm.exe
PID 1572 wrote to memory of 1260	1572	Hiqfqm.exe	Hiqfqm.exe
PID 1572 wrote to memory of 1260	1572	Hiqfqm.exe	Hiqfqm.exe
PID 1572 wrote to memory of 1260	1572	Hiqfqm.exe	Hiqfqm.exe
PID 1572 wrote to memory of 1260	1572	Hiqfqm.exe	Hiqfqm.exe
PID 1572 wrote to memory of 1260	1572	Hiqfqm.exe	Hiqfqm.exe
PID 1572 wrote to memory of 1260	1572	Hiqfqm.exe	Hiqfqm.exe
PID 1260 wrote to memory of 2012	1260	Hiqfqm.exe	iexplore.exe
PID 1260 wrote to memory of 2012	1260	Hiqfqm.exe	iexplore.exe
PID 1260 wrote to memory of 2012	1260	Hiqfqm.exe	iexplore.exe
PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3172	2012	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3172	2012	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 3172 wrote to memory of 4320	3172	IEXPLORE.EXE	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 3172 wrote to memory of 4320	3172	IEXPLORE.EXE	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 3172 wrote to memory of 4320	3172	IEXPLORE.EXE	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 1260 wrote to memory of 4320	1260	Hiqfqm.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 1260 wrote to memory of 4320	1260	Hiqfqm.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1080

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f.exe
2⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3372

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Hiqfqm.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Hiqfqm.exe"
3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1572

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Hiqfqm.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Hiqfqm.exe
4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1260

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
5⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2012

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"
6⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3172

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3172 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
7⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4320

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

2

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

Resource Development

Reconnaissance

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776
Filesize
471B

MD5
07e4e0923c1ce414f054bae6177d1049

SHA1
dc0bac11f7ba7f320a87f8e24608c67774da0ed8

SHA256
3dcc2cf2c6b2020c5ea9794b9ac798c9ce174811cd66ede84c972088c2837fa2

SHA512
5a0f9afcfef2302ce78fd5f9a9545a14d0aff0ae31d63c9cb5820ef4612755b95878fd9b7bc7e1578dbadbb30b116eee3e784118ca26a43e9c8e1ba5d9d5134b

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776
Filesize
404B

MD5
2530a4328e7dc4624e103396425a579e

SHA1
a87a9c98d916a9e6dbd54f1c1ffffa81ee4af3a1

SHA256
c4a148e8b393557cb9ed4488f1ce97e699cd37b46075d811386cbf157bc353e5

SHA512
544bd68982e12598631718ca18216b56a983b063573e7c391fcc7b878fc2c403ee1b7a876752c1368543ca82bc9916661059bf8d60417a0c1ad7ee3aa73569dc

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\verD78.tmp
Filesize
15KB

MD5
1a545d0052b581fbb2ab4c52133846bc

SHA1
62f3266a9b9925cd6d98658b92adec673cbe3dd3

SHA256
557472aeaebf4c1c800b9df14c190f66d62cbabb011300dbedde2dcddd27a6c1

SHA512
bd326d111589d87cd6d019378ec725ac9ac7ad4c36f22453941f7d52f90b747ede4783a83dfff6cae1b3bb46690ad49cffa77f2afda019b22863ac485b406e8d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\UG0DPB4T\suggestions[1].en-US
Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Hiqfqm.exe
Filesize
156KB

MD5
ce7bac9352e853f66edc78dc84c2004f

SHA1
86b8d8f38694836e626bebc0f38f409dde272ebe

SHA256
bd93a5c9004d83ffce8ba62ccd5c84cd730aaba7374e30c4dd9ecf0ae2064dee

SHA512
a7d1af49fd967e49816b492e3cfd9cd2ed0f309464df35a325cbc3ba84a3c013ca625be63980d722668e1d1b7f921fa61a2535c4f8d091ed5ed31e8a9e1532df

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memory/1260-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
168KB

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memory/1260-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
168KB

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memory/1260-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
168KB

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memory/3372-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
168KB

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memory/3372-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
168KB

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memory/3372-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
168KB

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memory/3372-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
168KB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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