Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240226-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    04/04/2024, 10:23

General

  • Target
    lxdriver_setup.exe
  • Size 2.9MB
  • Sample240404-mesnmsch97
  • SHA256 8cc8785cff5971bb2f042e978026723515ee3f1d7036682a8d34ad715d82eef3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • stealc

C2
  • http://185.172.128.209

Attributes
  • url_path

    /3cd2b41cbde8fc9c.php

Signatures

  • Detect ZGRat V1 3 IoCs
  • Stealc

    Stealc is an infostealer written in C++.

  • ZGRat

    ZGRat is remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system 2 TTPs

    Tries to access WinSCP stored sessions.

  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 29 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lxdriver_setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lxdriver_setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • outlook_office_path
    • outlook_win_path
    PID:4264
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\accepted.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\accepted.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1412
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\u138.0.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\u138.0.exe"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4916
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c start "" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKEGDAKEHJ.exe"
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3516
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKEGDAKEHJ.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKEGDAKEHJ.exe"
            5⤵
            • Checks computer location settings
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4468
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C ping 2.2.2.2 -n 1 -w 3000 > Nul & Del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKEGDAKEHJ.exe
              6⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2996
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                ping 2.2.2.2 -n 1 -w 3000
                7⤵
                • Runs ping.exe
                PID:4228
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4916 -s 2344
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:1764
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\u138.1.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\u138.1.exe"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2456
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\iolo\dm\SystemMechanic_5488CB36-BE62-4606-B07B-2EE938868BD1.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\iolo\dm\SystemMechanic_5488CB36-BE62-4606-B07B-2EE938868BD1.exe" /eieci=11A12794-499E-4FA0-A281-A9A9AA8B2685 /eipi=5488CB36-BE62-4606-B07B-2EE938868BD1
          4⤵
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3208
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1412 -s 1144
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:2284
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 444 -p 1412 -ip 1412
    1⤵
      PID:4324
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 560 -p 4916 -ip 4916
      1⤵
        PID:884

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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            Downloads

            Are.docx

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Are.docx
            • Size 11KB
            • SHA256 5abf8e3d1f78de7b09d7f6fb87f9e80e60caacf13ef3c1289665653dacd7c454
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            mozglue.dll

            • Path C:\ProgramData\mozglue.dll
            • Size 593KB
            • SHA256 ba06a6ee0b15f5be5c4e67782eec8b521e36c107a329093ec400fe0404eb196a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            nss3.dll

            • Path C:\ProgramData\nss3.dll
            • Size 2.0MB
            • SHA256 ac5c92fe6c51cfa742e475215b83b3e11a4379820043263bf50d4068686c6fa5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            AKEGDAKEHJ.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKEGDAKEHJ.exe
            • Size 106KB
            • SHA256 b64a84d1f88e4e78464a1901c1cb5bbd5f00bb73203d719e64e072157a087b53
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            accepted.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\accepted.exe
            • Size 359KB
            • SHA256 3d930caf56cd3ebfe398ce42f17e6f83dd6e6724e0bdd6121352c8e1144cfc76
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            u138.0.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\u138.0.exe
            • Size 218KB
            • SHA256 218761e370074e320b1f371ff45f203f5b5dbfef76786e2070a0df98ccb08c0f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            u138.1.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\u138.1.exe
            • Size 4.6MB
            • SHA256 4f07e1095cc915b2d46eb149d1c3be14f3f4b4bd2742517265947fd23bdca5a7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            memory/1412-61-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B83000-memory.dmp

            memory/1412-126-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B83000-memory.dmp

            memory/1412-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B83000-memory.dmp

            memory/1412-24-0x0000000002D30000-0x0000000002E30000-memory.dmp

            memory/1412-25-0x00000000046D0000-0x000000000473C000-memory.dmp

            memory/2456-93-0x0000000000BA0000-0x0000000000BA1000-memory.dmp

            memory/2456-156-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008AD000-memory.dmp

            memory/2456-173-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008AD000-memory.dmp

            memory/2456-174-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008AD000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-203-0x00000197F8500000-0x00000197F850A000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-210-0x00000197F8870000-0x00000197F8892000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-230-0x00000197DA180000-0x00000197DA190000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-228-0x00000197DA180000-0x00000197DA190000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-227-0x00000197DA180000-0x00000197DA190000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-218-0x00000197DA180000-0x00000197DA190000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-215-0x00007FF8019B0000-0x00007FF802471000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-212-0x00000197F8580000-0x00000197F859E000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-209-0x00000197F8510000-0x00000197F851C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-208-0x00000197F85A0000-0x00000197F85F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-205-0x00000197F8A80000-0x00000197F8FA8000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-204-0x00000197F8530000-0x00000197F8552000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-202-0x00000197DA180000-0x00000197DA190000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-201-0x00000197DA180000-0x00000197DA190000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-200-0x00000197DA180000-0x00000197DA190000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-199-0x00000197F7600000-0x00000197F760E000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-198-0x00000197F7630000-0x00000197F7668000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-175-0x00007FF8019B0000-0x00007FF802471000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-176-0x00000197D4CC0000-0x00000197D85B8000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-197-0x00000197F7CF0000-0x00000197F7CF8000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-178-0x00000197F2E50000-0x00000197F2F60000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-179-0x00000197DA180000-0x00000197DA190000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-181-0x00000197DA1F0000-0x00000197DA1FC000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-180-0x00000197DA190000-0x00000197DA1A0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-182-0x00000197DA1E0000-0x00000197DA1F4000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-183-0x00000197F2DB0000-0x00000197F2DD4000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-184-0x00000197F2DD0000-0x00000197F2DDA000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-186-0x00000197F30A0000-0x00000197F3152000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-185-0x00000197F2DF0000-0x00000197F2E1A000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-187-0x00000197F3150000-0x00000197F31CA000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-188-0x00000197F31D0000-0x00000197F3232000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-189-0x00000197F32B0000-0x00000197F3326000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-190-0x00000197DA160000-0x00000197DA16A000-memory.dmp

            memory/3208-194-0x00000197F3330000-0x00000197F3630000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-20-0x0000000007A60000-0x0000000007A6A000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-2-0x0000000005BB0000-0x0000000006154000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-3-0x0000000005600000-0x0000000005692000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-4-0x00000000056A0000-0x000000000573C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-1-0x0000000074B00000-0x00000000752B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-5-0x0000000005890000-0x00000000058A0000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-232-0x0000000005890000-0x00000000058A0000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-0-0x0000000000BA0000-0x0000000000BD4000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-6-0x0000000005870000-0x0000000005888000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-7-0x00000000062A0000-0x0000000006306000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-10-0x0000000007370000-0x000000000737A000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-11-0x00000000075E0000-0x0000000007630000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-23-0x0000000005890000-0x00000000058A0000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-13-0x0000000074B00000-0x00000000752B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/4264-216-0x0000000005890000-0x00000000058A0000-memory.dmp

            memory/4468-246-0x0000000000BA0000-0x0000000000BC0000-memory.dmp

            memory/4468-252-0x0000000074B00000-0x00000000752B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/4468-248-0x0000000005580000-0x0000000005590000-memory.dmp

            memory/4468-247-0x0000000074B00000-0x00000000752B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/4916-37-0x0000000002BE0000-0x0000000002C07000-memory.dmp

            memory/4916-229-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B60000-memory.dmp

            memory/4916-177-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B60000-memory.dmp

            memory/4916-36-0x0000000002C20000-0x0000000002D20000-memory.dmp

            memory/4916-157-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B60000-memory.dmp

            memory/4916-129-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B60000-memory.dmp

            memory/4916-245-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B60000-memory.dmp

            memory/4916-39-0x0000000061E00000-0x0000000061EF3000-memory.dmp

            memory/4916-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B60000-memory.dmp

            memory/4916-196-0x0000000002C20000-0x0000000002D20000-memory.dmp