Analysis

  • max time kernel
    139s
  • max time network
    322s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20240221-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    03/04/2024, 22:42

General

  • Target
    Araneida.exe
  • Size 22.8MB
  • Sample240403-2msqyafe33
  • SHA256 fd41dc07b772e71d75bb65868152d0dc9f652578d535bf17ee27b02c6079ef1d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Obfuscated with Agile.Net obfuscator 4 IoCs

    Detects use of the Agile.Net commercial obfuscator, which is capable of entity renaming and control flow obfuscation.

  • Themida packer 12 IoCs

    Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 26 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Araneida.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Araneida.exe"
    1⤵
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1580
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --single-argument https://araneida.co/download
      2⤵
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2776
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data" /prefetch:7 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad" "--metrics-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data" --annotation=IsOfficialBuild=1 --annotation=channel= --annotation=chromium-version=90.0.4430.212 "--annotation=exe=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --annotation=plat=Win64 "--annotation=prod=Microsoft Edge" --annotation=ver=90.0.818.66 --initial-client-data=0x100,0x104,0x108,0xdc,0x10c,0x7ffcbc083cb8,0x7ffcbc083cc8,0x7ffcbc083cd8
        3⤵
          PID:2404
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=1900,10442378080231191147,12647584098212748751,131072 --gpu-preferences=SAAAAAAAAADgAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAAAAAAAHgAAAAAAAAAKAAAAAQAAAAgAAAAAAAAACgAAAAAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAABQAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAYAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAA --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1868 /prefetch:2
          3⤵
            PID:4280
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --field-trial-handle=1900,10442378080231191147,12647584098212748751,131072 --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2376 /prefetch:3
            3⤵
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:4148
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --field-trial-handle=1900,10442378080231191147,12647584098212748751,131072 --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2708 /prefetch:8
            3⤵
              PID:3452
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1900,10442378080231191147,12647584098212748751,131072 --lang=en-US --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=6 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3168 /prefetch:1
              3⤵
                PID:4480
              • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1900,10442378080231191147,12647584098212748751,131072 --lang=en-US --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3176 /prefetch:1
                3⤵
                  PID:2716
                • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=audio.mojom.AudioService --field-trial-handle=1900,10442378080231191147,12647584098212748751,131072 --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=audio --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4592 /prefetch:8
                  3⤵
                    PID:1960
                  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=video_capture.mojom.VideoCaptureService --field-trial-handle=1900,10442378080231191147,12647584098212748751,131072 --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=video_capture --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5104 /prefetch:8
                    3⤵
                    • Modifies registry class
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:5012
              • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
                C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
                1⤵
                  PID:4036
                • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\MiniSearchHost.exe
                  "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\MiniSearchHost.exe" -ServerName:MiniSearchUI.AppXj3y73at8fy1htwztzxs68sxx1v7cksp7.mca
                  1⤵
                  • Modifies registry class
                  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                  PID:1316
                • C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe
                  C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe -Embedding
                  1⤵
                    PID:860
                  • C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe
                    C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe -Embedding
                    1⤵
                      PID:2020

                    Network

                          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

                          Replay Monitor

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                          Downloads

                          settings.dat

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad\settings.dat
                          • Size 152B
                          • SHA256 c353020621fa6cea80eaa45215934d5f44f181ffa1a673cdb7880f20a4e898e0
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                          settings.dat

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad\settings.dat
                          • Size 152B
                          • SHA256 34070e3eea41c0e180cb5541de76cea15ef6f9e5c641e922d82a2d97bdce3aa3
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                          the-real-index

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Code Cache\js\index-dir\the-real-index
                          • Size 336B
                          • SHA256 d81fbed717cdc02909128e93a0c2ddc615fb4a1f5345d89e52498741429a0da0
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                          Network Persistent State

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Network Persistent State
                          • Size 580B
                          • SHA256 3eec80fb43caa0ed227c98da96ba6fe817b664dfa123e1b50bb81dd96b8c9ae2
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                          Preferences

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Preferences
                          • Size 5KB
                          • SHA256 f51141b679d62802d716cab763f5c1c980635a209902a3bf358cee7ccec9758b
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                          Preferences

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Preferences
                          • Size 6KB
                          • SHA256 c9126178ce8e3e1ecbf2000399823db4fc91b3c96d36e102ea08d9275bf8eaca
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                          Local State

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Local State
                          • Size 11KB
                          • SHA256 a5c04526e976df1550416bedae8c55bf0b515e7861f162f29ddcf8a164f274b2
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                          SearchHoverUnifiedTileModelCache.dat

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\SearchHoverUnifiedTileModelCache.dat
                          • Size 10KB
                          • SHA256 45d3a9dec1354dbdaa71102c669564b4ed52f1981fd657550f6c1babc20982eb
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                          evb1696.tmp

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\evb1696.tmp
                          • Size 1KB
                          • SHA256 121b4c05501609241b7059b18ff412d7e83f215e9af492cf494584fb22957609
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                          evbC1CA.tmp

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\evbC1CA.tmp
                          • Size 1KB
                          • SHA256 e0d0cac9520b77ea931ca2b656893adc41c96acf7d52276fa9267e96813f3426
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                          memory/1580-41-0x0000000020450000-0x000000002053C000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-60-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008EA000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-11-0x00007FFC5E910000-0x00007FFC5E920000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-10-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000181D0F000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-13-0x00007FFCBD6A0000-0x00007FFCBE162000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-19-0x00007FF4FDC00000-0x00007FF4FDE08000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-20-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000181D0F000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-22-0x000000001D7C0000-0x000000001DC2B000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-23-0x000000001D670000-0x000000001D7C0000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-24-0x00007FFCDE6F0000-0x00007FFCDE6F1000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-25-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-27-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-26-0x000000001E7F0000-0x000000001F581000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-28-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000181D0F000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-29-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000181D0F000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-30-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000181D0F000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-31-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000181D0F000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-32-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000181D0F000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-33-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000181D0F000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-34-0x00007FFCCF120000-0x00007FFCCF26F000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-40-0x000000001D660000-0x000000001D670000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-8-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-43-0x000000001DFC0000-0x000000001DFD2000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-49-0x000000001D660000-0x000000001D670000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-50-0x00000000206A0000-0x00000000206BA000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-48-0x0000000020680000-0x000000002069A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-55-0x0000000023B80000-0x0000000023C32000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-9-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-61-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-63-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-64-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-65-0x00000000206D0000-0x000000002070C000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-66-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-67-0x00007FFCBD6A0000-0x00007FFCBE162000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-68-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000181D0F000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-69-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000181D0F000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-70-0x000000001D660000-0x000000001D670000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-77-0x000000001D7C0000-0x000000001DC2B000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-79-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-80-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-81-0x000000001D660000-0x000000001D670000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-83-0x000000001D660000-0x000000001D670000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-87-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-93-0x00007FFCBD6A0000-0x00007FFCBE162000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-99-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000181D0F000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-106-0x000000001D670000-0x000000001D7C0000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-5-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-107-0x000000001D7C0000-0x000000001DC2B000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000838000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-113-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000838000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-3-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-2-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-1-0x00007FFCDE700000-0x00007FFCDE909000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1580-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008EA000-memory.dmp