46fe5192387d3f897a134d29c069ebf39c72094c892134d2f0e77b12b11a6172

Analysis

max time kernel
141s
max time network
118s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240221-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
13/04/2024, 00:21

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General

Target
applecleaner.exe
Size 3.6MB
Sample240413-anpxwsbf4x
SHA256 46fe5192387d3f897a134d29c069ebf39c72094c892134d2f0e77b12b11a6172
MD5 f96eb2236970fb3ea97101b923af4228
SHA1 e0eed80f1054acbf5389a7b8860a4503dd3e184a
SHA512 2fd2d28c5f571d40b43a4dd7a22d367ba42420c29627f21ca0a2052070ffb9f689d80dad638238189eed26ed19af626f47e70f1207e10007041c620dac323cc7
SSDEEP 98304:z7m+ij9HD0+jCihNRkl/W6aG/wcKnfu8NUT6Ko:e+y4ihkl/Wo/afHPb
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

9^/10

evasion themida trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	applecleaner.exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	applecleaner.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	applecleaner.exe

Themida packer 6 IoCs

Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

themida

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1628-0-0x000000013F8B0000-0x0000000140252000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1628-2-0x000000013F8B0000-0x0000000140252000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1628-3-0x000000013F8B0000-0x0000000140252000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1628-4-0x000000013F8B0000-0x0000000140252000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1628-5-0x000000013F8B0000-0x0000000140252000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1628-6-0x000000013F8B0000-0x0000000140252000-memory.dmp	themida

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	applecleaner.exe

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1628	applecleaner.exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS	chrome.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemProductName	chrome.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemManufacturer	chrome.exe

Kills process with taskkill 3 IoCs

evasion

pid	Process
3016	taskkill.exe
2536	taskkill.exe
2620	taskkill.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3016	taskkill.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2536	taskkill.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2620	taskkill.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2840	chrome.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2840	chrome.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2840	chrome.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2840	chrome.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 36 IoCs

pid	Process
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2388	winver.exe

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 32 IoCs

pid	Process
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe
2840	chrome.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1628 wrote to memory of 2116	1628	applecleaner.exe	29
PID 1628 wrote to memory of 2116	1628	applecleaner.exe	29
PID 1628 wrote to memory of 2116	1628	applecleaner.exe	29
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 3016	2116	cmd.exe	30
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 3016	2116	cmd.exe	30
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 3016	2116	cmd.exe	30
PID 1628 wrote to memory of 2780	1628	applecleaner.exe	32
PID 1628 wrote to memory of 2780	1628	applecleaner.exe	32
PID 1628 wrote to memory of 2780	1628	applecleaner.exe	32
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2536	2780	cmd.exe	33
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2536	2780	cmd.exe	33
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 2536	2780	cmd.exe	33
PID 1628 wrote to memory of 2960	1628	applecleaner.exe	34
PID 1628 wrote to memory of 2960	1628	applecleaner.exe	34
PID 1628 wrote to memory of 2960	1628	applecleaner.exe	34
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 2620	2960	cmd.exe	35
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 2620	2960	cmd.exe	35
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 2620	2960	cmd.exe	35
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2928	2840	chrome.exe	37
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2928	2840	chrome.exe	37
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2928	2840	chrome.exe	37
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 2712	2840	chrome.exe	38
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 1580	2840	chrome.exe	39
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 1580	2840	chrome.exe	39
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 1580	2840	chrome.exe	39
PID 2840 wrote to memory of 320	2840	chrome.exe	40

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\applecleaner.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\applecleaner.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1628
- C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im EpicGamesLauncher.exe >nul 2>&1
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2116
- - C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
    taskkill /f /im EpicGamesLauncher.exe
    3⤵
    - Kills process with taskkill
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3016
- C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping.exe >nul 2>&1
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2780
- - C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
    taskkill /f /im FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping.exe
    3⤵
    - Kills process with taskkill
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2536
- C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im Battle.net.exe >nul 2>&1
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2960
- - C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
    taskkill /f /im Battle.net.exe
    3⤵
    - Kills process with taskkill
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2620

C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
1⤵
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2840
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:7 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" "--metrics-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=106.0.5249.119 --initial-client-data=0xc0,0xc4,0xc8,0x94,0xcc,0x7fef5fd9758,0x7fef5fd9768,0x7fef5fd9778
  2⤵
  PID:2928
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEgAAAAAAAAASAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAgAAABAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAADgAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1112 --field-trial-handle=1276,i,6417756497440366651,13792103925131557615,131072 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  PID:2712
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1508 --field-trial-handle=1276,i,6417756497440366651,13792103925131557615,131072 /prefetch:8
  2⤵
  PID:1580
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1596 --field-trial-handle=1276,i,6417756497440366651,13792103925131557615,131072 /prefetch:8
  2⤵
  PID:320
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --display-capture-permissions-policy-allowed --first-renderer-process --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=6 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2312 --field-trial-handle=1276,i,6417756497440366651,13792103925131557615,131072 /prefetch:1
  2⤵
  PID:2028
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --display-capture-permissions-policy-allowed --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2320 --field-trial-handle=1276,i,6417756497440366651,13792103925131557615,131072 /prefetch:1
  2⤵
  PID:1060
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEgAAAAAAAAASAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAgAAABAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAADgAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2828 --field-trial-handle=1276,i,6417756497440366651,13792103925131557615,131072 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  PID:2344
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEgAAAAAAAAASAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAgAAABAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAADgAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --use-gl=angle --use-angle=swiftshader-webgl --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2896 --field-trial-handle=1276,i,6417756497440366651,13792103925131557615,131072 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  PID:900
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --display-capture-permissions-policy-allowed --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=9 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3200 --field-trial-handle=1276,i,6417756497440366651,13792103925131557615,131072 /prefetch:1
  2⤵
  PID:3056
- C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3440 --field-trial-handle=1276,i,6417756497440366651,13792103925131557615,131072 /prefetch:8
  2⤵
  PID:1640

C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\106.0.5249.119\elevation_service.exe
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\106.0.5249.119\elevation_service.exe"
1⤵
PID:2984

C:\Windows\system32\winver.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\winver.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
PID:2388

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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data_1

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\GPUCache\data_1
Size 264KB
SHA256 b1e963d702392fb7224786e7d56d43973e9b9efd1b89c17814d7c558ffc0cdec
MD5 f50f89a0a91564d0b8a211f8921aa7de
SHA1 112403a17dd69d5b9018b8cede023cb3b54eab7d
SHA512 bf8cda48cf1ec4e73f0dd1d4fa5562af1836120214edb74957430cd3e4a2783e801fa3f4ed2afb375257caeed4abe958265237d6e0aacf35a9ede7a2e8898d58
SSDEEP 3:MsEllllkEthXllkl2zE:/M/xT02z
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000007.dbtmp

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\000007.dbtmp
Size 16B
SHA256 8af72f43857550b01eab1019335772b367a17a9884a7a759fdf4fe6f272b90aa
MD5 18e723571b00fb1694a3bad6c78e4054
SHA1 afcc0ef32d46fe59e0483f9a3c891d3034d12f32
SHA512 43bb0af7d3984012d2d67ca6b71f0201e5b948e6fe26a899641c4c6f066c59906d468ddf7f1df5ea5fa33c2bc5ea8219c0f2c82e0a5c365ad7581b898a8859e2
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fc9c29dc-c12c-4f6e-852e-3f6bc89366fa.tmp

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\fc9c29dc-c12c-4f6e-852e-3f6bc89366fa.tmp
Size 264KB
SHA256 bbdd8f293198874236e4b353e6295f0688510db23debcfdd7f983dacd5c3ea50
MD5 7e656881995c0c8fb48b7bfa340d21f5
SHA1 5d9c0f61937c2007a307ad09cea45744317f690c
SHA512 4edb79dac6a6c8f42cc94fc58224b3b16b57f20b7446f6e384d8ebad04c21ec44dc9dbd09976d9242f0eb68322de13ef9b31d6304efd80808972c62b660fc3e4
SSDEEP 6144:DaDiyVhxb6aQGLOjFuOJ6d7Yj3Ua9jHThM8fNHK9K5f:iX6aQj5IsbUYHTqwNqo5f
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memory/1628-0-0x000000013F8B0000-0x0000000140252000-memory.dmp

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memory/1628-1-0x0000000077440000-0x00000000775E9000-memory.dmp

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memory/1628-2-0x000000013F8B0000-0x0000000140252000-memory.dmp

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memory/1628-3-0x000000013F8B0000-0x0000000140252000-memory.dmp

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memory/1628-4-0x000000013F8B0000-0x0000000140252000-memory.dmp

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memory/1628-5-0x000000013F8B0000-0x0000000140252000-memory.dmp

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memory/1628-6-0x000000013F8B0000-0x0000000140252000-memory.dmp

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memory/1628-8-0x0000000077440000-0x00000000775E9000-memory.dmp

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